Chapter 500: Surpass Klose and be crowned the top scorer in World Cup history!

The 2022 Qatar World Cup kicked off at the Gulf Stadium. Football fans around the world, including some other viewers who do not like football, have also been influenced by various promotions and focused on Qatar, which will host the 22nd World Cup.

The host Qatar lost to Ecuador 0:2 in the first match.

After a day's rest, fans following the World Cup are waiting for the three group matches to start at 3pm local time the next day.

At the Khalifa Stadium, England, the most expensive team in this World Cup, beat Persia 6:2.

England player Saka scored twice, Bellingham, Sterling, Rashford and Grealish each scored one goal. Persia's top star Taremi scored two goals, which can be regarded as saving a little face.

Fans watching this game have only one answer.

Fun!

Of course, it is very unfriendly to Persian fans.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Senegal VS Netherlands started on time at Atumama Stadium.

Senegal, which lacked top star Mane, held on for more than 0 points. Unexpectedly, Gakpo and Klassen scored two goals at the last moment, and eventually lost 2:.

The evening game started at the Ahmed Ben Ali Stadium. Wales and Sam Country from Group B fought hard for 1 minutes to draw 1:.

On the third match day, the schedule was adjusted, from three games yesterday to four games today.

The first game also starts earlier than usual, at 1pm local time.

Perhaps because the game was too early, there was a shocking upset.

At the Lusail Stadium, fans all over the world believed that Argentina could easily defeat Saudi Arabia from Asia.

In the 8th minute, a Saudi player fouled Paredes in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty kick after a VAR reminder, and Messi made the penalty kick.

At this moment, almost everyone believes that Argentina is likely to replicate England's 6-2 victory over Persia in Group B yesterday morning.

Argentina did score three goals in the next first half, but all were ruled offside after the intervention of the video assistant referee.

In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again. Saudi players Shehri and Dosari scored two goals in the 48th and 53rd minutes to take the lead.

Argentina, which was lagging behind, attacked with all its strength, like mercury pouring down the ground. However, it failed to equalize the score until the end of the game.

In the end, Saudi Arabia suffered a huge upset, defeating Argentina, one of the favorites to win the World Cup in Qatar, 2:1 in the first round.

A later contest in the Education City was also an upset.

Denmark and Tunisia drew 0:0 after minutes of hard work.

There were no upsets in the final Group D match at the Janub Stadium. France, one of the favorites to win the championship, easily defeated Australia 4:1.

The time has come to the fourth match day, Portugal VS Ghana is on the fifth match day.

In accordance with international practice, the Portuguese team will go to Stadium 974 on this day to adapt to the venue before the game.

The assistant coach took the players to the court to warm up, and head coach Santos took Martin to the press conference hall to participate in the routine press conference before the game.

When interviewed by media reporters, both Santos and Martin showed a strong desire to win.

When reporters asked about their goals for this World Cup, the two gave the same answer.

Defending the World Cup!
Ghana head coach Otto Addo, who attended the regular pre-match press conference later, had a heavy face, obviously feeling the strong pressure from Martin.

Arsenal star Thomas who was present generously acknowledged the strength of Martin and Portugal, but also mentioned that football is a game full of charm, and its characteristics full of uncertainty attract everyone who loves football to chase victory.

To put it simply, Thomas believes that the team may achieve an upset at the 974 Stadium.

……

The day before Portugal prepared for the first group match of the World Cup, there was an upset similar to Argentina VS Saudi Arabia.

German player Gundogan scored one goal first but was reversed by Sakura Nation in the second half.

Ritsu Don'an and Takuma Asano each scored one goal.

In other words, the German team suffered a bad start to the World Cup!

There were no surprises in the other three games. Morocco 0:0 Croatia. After all, the two teams are almost the same in worth.

Spain's 7-0 massacre of Costa Rica directly made goalkeeper Navas, who once played for Real Madrid, doubt his life.

In the last game of the evening, Belgium defeated Canada 1:0.

……

The morning light is shining, and the first ray of sunshine shines on the land of the Middle East.

The Qatar World Cup enters its fifth match day.

Switzerland faced Cameroon's challenge at the Janub Stadium and won the game 48:1 thanks to Embono's goal in the 0th minute.

The first round of Group H between Portugal and Ghana started at 974pm local time. The whole team took the bus to the Stadium where the match was played at :pm.

At the same time, the group stage match between Uruguay and South Korea in the same group has begun.

Perhaps considering that this was the first group match, both teams played very cautiously.

The score of 0:0 continued until the end of the game.

When this game ended, the group stage match between Portugal and Ghana also entered the final stage of pre-match warm-up.

FIFA’s official website and official accounts on major social platforms also announced the starting lineups of both sides for the upcoming game.

The formation of the seeded team Portugal is 433.

Goalkeeper: Diogo Costa
Defenders: Guerrero, Dias, Pepe, Cancelo
Midfielder: Seat B, Martin, Ruben Neves
Forwards: Leo, Cristiano Ronaldo, B Fee

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Ghana has a 541 formation.

Goalkeeper: Artie Ziggy
Defenders: Baba, Salisu, Amati, Seydu, Dikikou
Midfielder: Ayew, Sameed, Thomas, Kudus
Forward: Inyaki Williams

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At seven o'clock in the evening, the second group match of the first round of Group H of the 2022 Qatar World Cup started on time.

Portugal, which has an overall strength advantage, took advantage of the kick-off and quickly burned the fire into the Ghana defensive half.

Without any thought of the old friendship, they directly suppressed the Ghana defensive system led by Thomas in the half court and launched a huge wave of offensive.

Only in the third minute of the game, Martin used his super personal ability to form a breakthrough in the middle, and sent a wonderful pass to accurately find Ronaldo, who accelerated to the left rib of the penalty area.

The speed of his connecting shot with the ball was obviously slower than that of the European Cup two years ago. Although he led the ball smoothly, the quality of the shot he completed was not high, and it flew directly over the crossbar.

"wowowowooooo——"

The Ghanaian fans in the audience let out a wave of frightened exclamations.

If Ronaldo's sight had been better, the city gate would have been lost.

The on-site director specially gave Ronaldo a close-up shot of his face.

He frowned, pursed his lips, and shook his head repeatedly.

After a while, he turned around and gave a thumbs up to Martin who sent the pass.

As a good friend in private, Martin took the initiative to run over, covered his mouth and said: "Don't be anxious, there are plenty of opportunities. Believe in my passing ability, just shoot." Ronaldo looked at Martin deeply: "Thank you."

"We are both friends and comrades in the national team."

Martin smiled and said: "It's just a joke to say this."

In the past two minutes of the game, Martin received a fake fax dunk on the right side of the offensive ribs after breaking through from the B seat. He passed Thomas who stepped forward to block the ball, picked up his left foot and passed again.

The football that cut through the sky above Ghana's penalty area was like a meteor that cut across the sky, bypassing the heads of Salisu and Amati who turned around to make a clearance, and flew towards the left rib of the attacker's penalty area.

Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in the open space and took off while running. However, time is not forgiving, and the excellent explosive power has deteriorated. The height of the take-off did not match the previous judgment of the landing point of the football, so that the timing of the take-off was too early, and the football had not arrived yet. Jump to the highest point, and when the football falls, the person will fall to the ground naturally due to the influence of gravity.

So, the football hit the head, and the bouncing football flew out of the baseline in a parabola...

Fans who have watched Ronaldo's games in the past two years are no stranger to this scene. Each fan can only turn all their dissatisfaction with the years into a sigh.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who once again missed an excellent opportunity, was very upset. He looked up to the sky and screamed, speaking plausibly to the sky to try to motivate himself to work hard.

"Although we don't want to admit it,... we have to say that Ronaldo is getting old."

He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, said passionately: "When you are young, you can catch up, but you can never catch up with the pace of time. You can only watch the hands of time moving away the annual rings of time. Then, Over the years, countless goals have accompanied the growth of many young people, and those once-open doors have quietly closed at this time. This is a reality that we are unwilling to accept, but we have to accept it.”

Martin did not comfort Ronaldo this time.

They are all adults, and comforting them once is enough. If they are comforted too many times, they will become disgusted.

Moreover, accepting reality requires you to face it head-on.

In the 12th minute, Ghana's attack ended hastily, and Portugal's offensive came back.

Martin stopped at the front of the penalty area and passed through the frontal blockade of Sameed and Thomas. He tried to pass the ball to Ronaldo, who was returning. He deceived Salisu to take a step forward, and then used the flexibility of his ankle to use his right hand. Use the instep of your foot to push the ball forward to the right, place your left foot on the penalty area line, and hit the ball with your right heel.

The football that was close to the ground accelerated very obviously on the water-sprinkled turf. Goalkeeper Arti Ziggy got off the ground too slowly, with his right hand not yet close to the ground. The fast and fast football rubbed against the inner edge of the left goal post. White ball net toward the snow.

"aoaoaoaooaoooo——"

The overwhelming shouts instantly resounded throughout the entire 974 Stadium.

"The ball is in!"

Central 5 commentator He Wei said loudly: "Martin scored his first goal in this World Cup! It is also his 15th goal in the history of the World Cup. He is only one goal away from the top scorer Klose. !”

The Portuguese players rushed towards Martin who took the lead.

Captain Ronaldo paused for half a second and ran over to celebrate the opening goal.

At this moment, he realized.

People have to accept old age.

He is already 37 years old and less than three months away from turning 38.

You know, most professional players at this age have retired.

So Ronaldo decided at this moment to retire from the national team after this World Cup.

He was filled with emotions as he hugged his passionate national team teammates.

Now this national team is completely different from the national team he dragged forward back then. Players such as Martin, Leo, B Seat, B Fee, Felix and Gonzalo on the bench can all take on important responsibilities.

Ghana, which was lagging behind, had no choice but to try to equalize the score by strengthening its attack.

Of course, their enhanced offense is based on the condition that there are no problems with defense.

Although Ghana played very carefully, Martin still found the opportunity to expand the score.

In the 32nd minute, Martin cooperated with Ruben Dias to intercept the ball passed by Thomas to Samed, then passed 360° on the spot Thomas, who was counterattacking, and then used his excellent physical fitness to fight against the actively defensive Ayew. In a fierce physical confrontation, he used the huge reaction force from the opponent to push the ball to the right. Before Samed could grab it, he directly sent a long diagonal pass to the left rib in the middle of the defense.

I saw the extremely fast Leo passing through the center line at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving the right back Dijiku and right center back Seydu behind who were actively returning to defense. The ball entered the penalty area and hit a low shot from the right rib, extending the score to two goals.

The shouts from the Portuguese fans and neutral fans at Stadium 974 were deafening.

Before the end of the first half, Seat B's breakthrough on the right flank caused Thomas to foul.

Martin, Portugal's number one set-kick taker, hit a high-quality free kick under the watchful eyes of fans all over the world. The powerful ball hit the upper right corner of the goal.

"Goooooooooooooal——"

"Nice goal!"

"Martin once again contributes to a world-famous wave!"

"The second goal of this World Cup! The 16th goal in the total scorer list! Tied with the legendary German striker Miroslav Klose!"

"Only one goal away from creating my own World Cup top scorer list!"

……

The commentator in the commentary box blurted out.

The score displayed on the scoreboard became 3:0.

Everyone knows that there will be no suspense in this game.

But there were still a lot of fans in front of the TV wanting to know if Martin would continue to score for the rest of the game.

If he can score, he will become the top scorer in the World Cup!
In the second half, Ghana changed sides and fought again. Ghana, which had a kick-off advantage, knew there was no way out. They could only threaten the Portuguese defense by strengthening their offense. As for whether they would score more goals, it was no longer a question for them to think about.

With a lot of energy, Ghana really played an eye-catching offense.

In the 52nd minute, using the full and continuous cooperation to tear apart the defense system led by Ruben Dias, the famous Premier League tough guy Jordan Ayew succeeded in a low shot from the left rib of the penalty area, chasing the score to 1:3.

However, just when the Ghanaian fans thought there was a chance, Martin gave them a blow in the head.

In just the past two minutes, the Portuguese team faced the Ghana team that strengthened its high defense and launched a textbook quick pass. Martin passed the football passed forward by Ruben Neves about 30 meters from the goal in the frontcourt, and then Complete two ninety-degree turns.

Ronaldo, who was in the passing line, passed the ball directly to Martin, who was facing the offensive direction.

Facing the Ghana defender who stepped forward to defend, he continued to fake shots and dunks. Before reaching the top of the penalty area, he sent a wonderful pass with his left foot. With a shooting angle, Ronaldo used the outside instep of his right foot to flick the ball to the back right. .

The Ghana defensive players in the penalty area never expected that Ronaldo, who always likes to shoot, would choose to pass the ball at this time, so that Martin, who continued to run forward, was unmarked...

Martin crossed the line of the penalty area and stepped out with his right foot. He raised the arch of his left foot and kicked Ronaldo's pass towards the lower left corner of the goal. The whole process was like Slock's putt, accurate and stable.

The football, which was close to the ground, rolled across the goal line and hit the snow-white net...

"Cristiano Ronaldo assisted Martin to score the third goal of the game!"

"hat trick!"

"Martin also raised his total number of goals in the World Cup to 17th. He surpassed the legendary German superstar Miroslav Klose and became the new historical top scorer of the World Cup!"

Central 5 commentator He Wei blurted out the moment Martin scored the goal.

After scoring the goal, Martin immediately rushed to the selfless Ronaldo, put his arm around his shoulders, and called his teammates to celebrate the goal together.

This goal not only further widened the point difference, but also gave the Ghanaian players a head-on blow as they tried to counterattack.

The entire stadium fell into a long carnival, cheering for Martin to become the top scorer in World Cup history.

(End of this chapter)