Chapter 511 Top operations by top players!

Chapter 511 Top operations by top players!
"The French team defended really well. The offensive system led by Martin could hardly find any chances. Not to mention the shots that could score, even the chances to shoot were few and far between..."

He Wei, the CCTV 5 commentator at the live commentary booth, frowned.

Commentator Xu Yang smiled and said, "Have you noticed that Martin has been very low-key since the start of the game?"

"It seems... it is indeed a bit low-key."

Commentator He Wei pondered for a moment: "That means Martin is looking for a chance to kill with one strike! It seems... it may be more difficult than imagined for the French team to eliminate Portugal and meet Argentina in the final of this World Cup!"

The Longguo Martin fans in front of the TV were cheered up and full of confidence for the upcoming game.

"aoaoaoaooaoo——"

The atmosphere at the Bay Stadium was fanatical, with the 60,000 fans in the stands cheering with all their might for this exciting World Cup semi-final.

Argentina head coach Scaloni, who was sitting in the audience, frowned, obviously thinking about what Portugal led by Martin was planning.

His ideal opponent in the final was France, but he didn't believe that Portugal, which was behind in the score and had not launched a threatening attack for a long time, would give up the game.

Players Messi, Di Maria, Alvarez and other Argentine players were watching the game intently in the multimedia room of the hotel where they were staying, and each of them was full of thoughts about the game being played at the Bay Stadium.

In other words, they are waiting for something, but are also afraid of what will happen.

Like head coach Scaloni, all Argentine players hope to face France in the final.

Because in their view, meeting Portugal in the final would mean a high probability of losing.

It's a 50-50 chance against the French team.

But the Portugal they are familiar with is not like this now, which only emphasizes ball possession without passing threatening balls.

At the 1th minute of the game, the scoreboard still showed France leading Portugal 0:.

Portugal, which was behind in the score, did not seem to be worried at all. They relied on steady passing and cutting to constantly move the ball horizontally or through back passes to distract the French players from running.

The first physical problem of the French team was the 36-year-old veteran Giroud. His long-range running and various confrontations were constantly consuming his physical energy.

Thuram Jr. had been called back from the warm-up area by Deschamps and was waiting for a dead ball to appear so as to make adjustments.

Leo received a pass from Martin on the left and tried to break through, but was predicted by Kounde and the ball was pushed out of the sideline.

Referee Cesar Ramos blew the whistle and faced the substitution technical area.

The French team took the lead in making personnel adjustments.

Thuram Jr. replaced Giroud, whose physical condition had seriously declined.

Standing in the lower right corner of the broadcast screen, Portugal head coach Santos couldn't help but wonder, should I also make adjustments to the personnel?
The physical fitness of the players on the field did not decline seriously, including the 37-year-old veteran Cristiano Ronaldo, who looked energetic, but the French players were obviously accustomed to their way of playing and knew how to defend on the defensive end.

Making appropriate substitutions will cause subtle changes in the mentality of the French players on the defensive end.

So he asked his assistant to call Felix and Gonzalo Ramos over and wait for their chance to play.

The French team completed the substitution and Cancelo threw the ball out of bounds on the left side of the frontcourt.

After a quick transfer, the ball was given to Martin's feet. He made a precise right-foot transfer and passed the ball to B席 who was standing on the far right sideline.

France's stable 4231 formation system slowly moved to the left, blocking the space needed for Portugal's attack.

Martin, who had completed the long pass earlier, ran sideways quickly, Ruben Neves in the middle retreated, and then ran diagonally to the right flank of the attack, making full use of Dalot's opportunity to advance along the right to actively look for B Silva to cooperate.

French head coach Didier Deschamps, who was standing at the lower left edge of the broadcast screen, suddenly felt his right eyelid twitching and his mood instantly became irritated.

Both Chuarmeni and Fofana became nervous.

But the two players' defense was very methodical, one took the initiative to get closer while the other was ready to make up for the defense.

B received the ball and pushed it inwards with the outside of his left foot.

With Martin close by, B席 encountered almost no obstruction when he dribbled the ball inside.

Obviously, they were all afraid of getting too involved and ignoring Martin, the most dangerous player.

Martin took two steps back to allow B Silva to cut inside and pass through the right rib.

At the moment when the two were about to cross each other, the French defensive players concentrated and held their breath, fearing that the two would play a highly concealed cooperation.

Until Martin stepped back to make space for B席 to break through with the ball.

But Fofana, who had been paying attention to Martin's activities, didn't know what to do.

B Seat is coming towards him, is he defending?
Or continue to stare at Martin?
At this moment, Martin, who had been acting like a harmless beast, suddenly started moving.

Fofana, who was still hesitating whether to mark B Silva or Martin the previous second, suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Theo's defensive focus has always been on the inward-moving B席, so much so that he was a little stunned at the critical moment.

Until B Silva sent a diagonal pass with the arch of his left foot!

He used the arch of his left foot to pass the ball into the space behind left back Theo and left center back Konate.

Dalot, who was in an offside position on the right, walked back with no intention of taking the ball and raised his hand to indicate that he was not involved in the attack.

"wowowoowoooo——"

In the blink of an eye, a red figure passed by at high speed from the outside of Theo who was defending on the flank, and a subconscious cry of surprise from French fans rang out over the Bay Stadium.

"Martin!!!"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray looked at the familiar figure and his voice suddenly rose octaves.

The Portuguese fans at the Bay Stadium instantly became excited, shouting loudly and passionately, cheering for Martin who suddenly accelerated.

Martin's explosive power and speed are even stronger than Mbappe. It only takes him two seconds to go from starting to full speed.

Theo had just reacted and turned around and started when he saw Martin flash out from the right out of the corner of his eye.

I subconsciously reached out and pulled but only grabbed a ball of air.

Deschamps, who was standing at the lower left edge of the broadcast screen, had his pupils slightly shrunken, and a strong sense of uneasiness instantly swept through his body.

Although Konate was in a good position and stood deep, it seemed difficult for Martin to create a threat even if he overtook Theo on the outside and received a wonderful pass from B Silva.

But... the person in front of me is Martin!

The best football player on the planet!

Can turn decay into magic!

Konate took two steps back and waited on the right side of the penalty area, waiting for Chuameni and Theo to assist in defense.

He concentrated and held his breath, staring at the football that Martin was swiping towards him while running at high speed.

Martin, who got the ball, slowed down a little. Facing Konate who was ready to fight, he made a series of technical moves of sinking his left and right shoulders to connect with the bicycle kick.

Konate is 1.94 meters tall and has a high center of gravity. In order to defend Martin, he deliberately lowered his center of gravity and turned his back to his own goal, mainly to prevent Martin from walking inside and shooting.

Faced with Martin's consecutive bicycle kicks, he remained unmoved and kept fighting and retreating.

In the eyes of many people, Konate's defense was very successful.

Seeing that Theo and Chuameni were about to return to defense, Martin lowered his left shoulder and pushed the ball to the left with the outside of his left foot, giving the impression that he was going to force his way in. Konate, who remained highly focused, saw that Martin's left foot had touched the ball with the outside of his left foot, and he took a step to the right with his right foot.

It's too late to say.

Martin's left foot made full use of the flexibility of his ankle. The inner side of his left instep blocked the path of the football. He suddenly pushed the ball to the right in a flash.

"Flick the cow's tail!"

CCTV 5 commentator He Wei raised his voice an octave when he saw this technical move.

Martin's left foot landed on the ground and he pushed hard. The huge reaction force, explosive power and terrifying balance ability combined perfectly at this moment.

Based on the strong feedback energy, he completed the twist of his body's center of gravity in a very short time, and his right foot naturally stepped out to push the football towards the baseline.

Varane, who was defending Ronaldo, saw his partner Konate being passed by Martin on the outside and quickly made another move.

But Martin's connecting action was very fast. He caught up with the football in two steps. On the surface, he was looking at the goalkeeper Lloris who was moving towards the near goal, but in fact he sent an inverted triangle shot just after passing the right sideline of the small penalty area.

Ronaldo, who was running around to the penalty spot, happened to be in Martin's passing route. He didn't make any adjustments and just swung his right foot to shoot.

Kick the knife down!
Varane thought that Martin might pass the ball to Ronaldo, but he did not expect Ronaldo to retreat so deep, so he could only declare that he was powerless.

Goalkeeper Lloris was attracted by Martin and moved towards the right goal post. He was also helpless when Ronaldo kicked the ball directly to the left goal after receiving Martin's inverted triangle pass...

The right-back Kounde, who was moving inward, was a beat slow in extending his foot and did not touch the football.

Under the gaze of all the fans in the stadium, the football kicked by Ronaldo rolled quickly across the left goal line and hit the snow-white net.

"Goooooooooooal——"

"The ball went in! It went in!"

"In the 67th minute of the game, Martin assisted Ronaldo to equalize the score!"

"Nice teamwork! Cristiano Ronaldo!!"

……

The commentators in the live commentary booth almost blurted out the answer.

"aoaoaooaoaoooo——"

The Portuguese fans and neutral fans in the audience subconsciously lengthened their voices.

C Ronaldo, who scored the goal, was extremely excited. He opened his arms and ran madly towards Martin who made the assist.

He tried extra hard over the past sixty minutes but still couldn't score a goal.

The long battle of wits and courage with Varane and Konate caused his physical strength to drop significantly. When his physical strength was about to reach the critical point, Martin sent back an extremely comfortable inverted triangle pass, helping the national team to equalize the score.

In this context, Ronaldo was extremely excited. He didn't even do his favorite way of self-celebration. Instead, he took the initiative to find Martin and assisted him in scoring the equalizer.

The other Portuguese players were also extremely excited. They grinned and ran towards Martin and Ronaldo almost crazily.

Santos in front of the Portuguese coaching bench raised his arms and shouted excitedly, venting the huge pressure brought by the equalizer.

At the other end, the French coach was directing the technical area. Deschamps spread his hands helplessly, venting his dissatisfaction with the defensive players.

The French players on the field looked at each other, their eyes filled with powerlessness.

Especially the defensive players, they think they have done their best.

But the result...

Still lost the ball.

Konate, who was dribbled past by Martin, was extremely upset. He covered his face with his hands, and his pain was beyond words.

Then, the on-site director restored the entire exciting process.

Through replays, Portugal's attack was actually very simple.

It was nothing more than taking advantage of the time difference after a large-scale transfer. After receiving the ball, B Silva cut inside very decisively. It seemed that Martin, who received the ball, had no intention of taking the ball, so that Fofana, who was responsible for defense, didn't know what to do.

Just when the French players thought that Portugal's attack was continuing and B Silva was cutting inside with the ball, he passed the ball.

Martin, who seemed careless before, also started to overtake from the outside and dribbled the straight pass from B席 into the penalty area from the right side of the penalty area.

Konate's defense was actually very good and he remained unmoved.

As he pulled his right leg inward, he did see Martin use the outside of his left foot to kick the ball, but he didn't expect that the connecting bull-tail action was very fast, and he used his excellent explosive power to complete the twist of center of gravity in a very short time, so Varane had to pull out to defend.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ronaldo, who was not marked, made a roundabout run according to the tacit understanding between himself and Martin, just in time to catch up with Martin's precise inverted triangle pass.

C Ronaldo's shooting feeling in front of the goal is still top-notch. He pushes the ball into the left goal with his right foot without stopping the ball...

The exciting replays frame by frame allow the fans watching the live game in front of the TV to fully experience what it means to have top players perform top operations.

Back on the scene, Ronaldo and Martin, who had completed the team celebration, high-fived each other face to face, and then completed the 'siu' celebration gesture together.

The Portuguese fans in the audience also cooperated by making a long 'siiuuuuuuuuuuuuuu' sound.

Because of the goal that equalized the score, Portugal only made one substitution.

Felix, who has better technical skills, replaced Leo.

The original plan to replace Ronaldo with Gonzalo Ramos had to be postponed.

After scoring the goal to equalize the score, Ronaldo is now full of energy and can run for a few more minutes.

Wait until your physical energy is almost exhausted before making adjustments.

"papaappapaaa——"

Although Leo did not make any contribution in this game, the Portuguese fans in the audience still gave him thunderous applause.

After all, the French team defended very well in this game. Even Martin took more than an hour to find a scoring opportunity to assist Ronaldo to equalize the score.

Leao's best style of play is counterattack and one-on-one. The French team was on the defensive for most of the game and did not give Leao the sprint space he needed.

In the 73rd minute, referee Cesar Ramos blew his whistle again and faced the substitution technical area.

The two teams made their own deployments.

The French team's adjustment was that Muani replaced the ineffective Dembele, while Portugal's adjustment was that Gonzalo Ramos replaced captain Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo, who was almost unable to run, did not show any dissatisfaction when he saw the Arabic number [7] displayed on the electronic substitution board. On the contrary, he cooperated very well. He took off the captain's armband on his left arm and asked B席 to pass it to vice-captain Pepe. Then he jogged towards the substitution technical area and responded to the thunderous applause from the fans in the audience with applause.

Gonzalo Ramos and Muani both came on the pitch bringing with them the latest tactical adjustments made by their respective head coaches.

Whether it is the fans at the scene or the fans watching the live game on TV, they can probably guess that the most critical moment is about to come.

In other words...both sides of the game are likely to use their ultimate moves at the end of the game.

The game time has reached the physical node of the starting players. Once a goal is scored, then... it will most likely be a decisive goal!

(End of this chapter)