From the man behind the football king to the football king

The fifteen minutes of halftime passed quickly, and the two teams took to the court again.

The players of the Portuguese team determined at halftime that they would still attack in the second half. At the beginning of the game, they took advantage of their possession of the ball to advance towards the opponent's goal.

Finally, after a series of passes, the football fell to Bruno's feet. He did not continue to pass in, because the opponent's defense was still solid at the beginning of the second half, so he chose a long shot.

This long-range shot was of high quality and hit the door frame, but was saved by Mexico goalkeeper Ochoa.

As Bruno said at halftime, the Mexican team's idea in the second half is simple, which is to attack.

After defending the corner kick, they launched a fierce attack on the Portuguese goal, hoping to score within the first five minutes of the second half.

Generally speaking, the five minutes just before the game starts and the five minutes before the end are the most likely times to score goals, because at this time most teams are not focused enough and are not in the game.

The Mexican team intends to use this time period to launch a surprise attack on the Portuguese team.

Bruno's previous long-range shot was considered by them to be a sign of the Portuguese team's lack of unified thinking and the lack of concentration of the team's main players, which naturally became evidence that they could score goals.

They believe that the Portuguese team should choose to defend and counterattack, maintain a draw, and strive for victory.

Santos must have arranged it this way, so Bruno's long shot can only show that not everyone among the players agrees with this arrangement.

When playing football, I am afraid that the players will not be united in their thinking. Some people want to attack and others want to let go. This will lead to a disconnect between the front and back, and it is inevitable to lose the ball.

Therefore, Bruno's shot not only did not sound the alarm for the Mexican team, but instead gave them hope of scoring a goal, so they pressed forward, hoping to score the go-ahead score in the first five minutes as the head coach said. ball.

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"Little Pea Hernandez shot - Patricio! Beautiful save! The Portuguese team looked a little embarrassed in these few minutes, and the best performer in their team turned out to be Patricio. The offense is What Portugal is good at, Santos' team should use active offense to win the game," the Portuguese commentator expressed dissatisfaction with the Portuguese team's football in these few minutes, he criticized.

The Portuguese team in his impression is a Portuguese team that is constantly attacking. From the first minute of the game to the last second of the game, they are still looking for scoring opportunities tirelessly.

The Portuguese team is not very familiar with being beaten so passively...

Bruno was using these few minutes to continuously observe the changes in the situation on the field, and then analyze the next development trend from his own mind.

He found that his opening shot did not alert the Mexican players, but instead made them attack more boldly, as can be seen from the assists from their two full-backs. Salcedo is better, Layun has almost become a winger, and after completing an attack, he does not go back and waits in the frontcourt to prepare for the second attack.

This means there will be a lot of space in their backcourt!

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When the game reached the 48th minute, Patricio held Raul Jimenez's header firmly in his arms.

Of course, he did not forget the tactics everyone discussed during the halftime break to score goals as soon as possible, so he quickly got up from the ground and looked forward. Just in time to see Bruno running forward backwards, the two people's eyes collided in the air, and each understood the other's thoughts.

Patricio no longer hesitated and threw the football directly with his hands.

After Bruno saw him throwing the ball, he turned around and faced the direction of the attack. The football landed just in front of him. He stretched out his foot to control the football.

He didn't stop to wait for anyone, nor did he raise his head to observe the situation around him. After receiving the ball, he rushed forward with the ball!

"Bruno is here again! The Portuguese team attacks!"

Salcedo and Dos Santos stood in front of Bruno, while the other pursued him closely.

In addition, the two central defenders Moreno and Reyes are also still in the backcourt. It will not be easy for Bruno to challenge alone.

The players of the Mexican team also noticed this. They also believed that Bruno could not be singled out, so they put more attention on the wing.

The goal conceded in the first half was when Bruno attracted their attention with a breakthrough in the middle, then distributed the ball to the wing, and then passed the ball from the wing.

Salcedo did not turn his head, but his eyes glanced to the side. He wanted to see who was on the wing.

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Taking advantage of the moment when Salcedo was distracted, Bruno suddenly moved the football forward, accelerated to chase the ball, and rushed past Salcedo!

By the time Salcedo reacted and Bruno really forced a breakthrough, it was already too late. He turned around and only saw Bruno's back.

"Stop him!" he shouted.

Dos Santos rushed up and knocked Bruno to the ground while dribbling the ball without saying a word!

The referee's whistle sounded.

Mexico committed a foul and Portugal received a free kick thirty-eight meters from the goal.

Salcedo felt a little relieved after seeing this result.

However, Dos Santos received a yellow card for this foul. The second half has just begun. He must be careful in the next game.

The Portuguese players were not very satisfied with the yellow card and thought Dos Santos should be given a red card and sent off directly.

They protested a few times, but the referee ignored them and just signaled them to take a free kick quickly.

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This free kick is a bit far away, thirty-eight meters, which is not a good distance for a direct shot.

Bruno, Ronaldo and Nani stood in front of the ball individually, biting their ears.

"You can't take a direct penalty... Anyway, I'm not sure I can shoot the football into the goal from this distance..." Ronaldo said.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who is good at elevator shots, originally prefers free kicks that are far away from the goal, preferably 20 to 30 meters away, but the distance of this free kick is still too far, almost 40 meters. , when he looked at the goal, he felt that the goal was very small.

Moreover, there are people in front of the goal. He is not sure that after the football is shot, it will not only have enough arc to bypass the defensive players, but also have enough power to maintain a high speed during such a long distance flight. , and at the same time, it must be accurate enough to avoid hitting the target high or missing the target.

Of course, a few years earlier, Ronaldo would have hit the goal with his iconic elevator kick without hesitation from this distance.

However, Ronaldo is now thirty-two years old and can no longer hit those shocking long-range elevator shots.

Nani also agreed: "Let's reorganize our attack..."

Cristiano Ronaldo is the number one set-kicker in the team. If he can't do it, let alone himself.

But Bruno disagreed. Although the distance was a bit far, it was facing the goal and had the widest shooting angle. It was not a bad idea to shoot directly.

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The most important thing is that because of the long distance, the Mexican team only lined up a wall of two people, which was almost perfunctory. Obviously they did not believe that the Portuguese team could shoot directly from this distance.

In Bruno's view, the two people standing side by side on the Mexican team cannot be considered a "wall" at all, and they cannot even have the slightest blocking effect.

Moreover, in the past year, Bruno has scored two free kicks from a similar distance, so he is still quite confident.

So he whispered: "Try it?"

Nani and Ronaldo looked at the distance again and shook their heads.

Ronaldo said: "It's too difficult."

Bruno covered his mouth with his hand and whispered: "Then let me try."

"You?" Both of them were a little surprised.

Bruno pointed to the loose human wall and said, "It's only about thirty meters."

The two people grinned, "more than thirty meters" is still "just", Bruno, you can really say that.

But Bruno insisted on giving it a try, and they didn't say anything. Anyway, Bruno made the free kick himself.

"Nani, you go to the front. Chris, stay next to me to cover me." Bruno saw that both of them had no objections and began to assign tasks.

"Okay." They both agreed.

Immediately, Nani ran forward, while Ronaldo stayed where he was, pretending to take a free kick.

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"Thirty-eight meters away...Does the Portuguese team want to shoot directly?" The Portuguese commentator was a little confused when he saw Ronaldo like this.

"It's not impossible." The commentator said, "It's not like Ronaldo has never scored a free kick from 38 meters. In his early days, he even scored several free kicks from around 40 meters, and they were far away. The free kick is also more sudden because the opponent does not expect them to shoot directly from this place, as long as the shot is good..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Bruno standing far behind suddenly starting to run!

His approach distance is very long, about ten meters, but his approach is different from Roberto Carlos. As soon as he comes up, he strides forward and takes on the posture of a 100-meter sprint.

The Mexican team really didn't expect that the Portuguese team would shoot from such a long distance. Thirty-eight meters is not far from the center circle. Not many people would choose to shoot directly there, so the Mexican team's wall is completely A decoration, a shoddy project.

They didn't change their mind when they saw Bruno running towards the football. They thought this must be a feint. When Bruno got there, he would definitely have kicked the ball to the wing.

Therefore, the attention of the Mexican players was naturally placed on the wing. They wanted to see which Portuguese players were on the wing at this time.

At this moment, Bruno ran up to the football. Ronaldo didn't make any move. He saw Bruno sprinting over with all his strength, raised his right leg in front of the football, and volleyed! !