From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 319 Meeting an opponent in chess

Next to Bruno is Nainggolan. The Belgian midfielder who plays for Roma in Serie A does not have strong defensive capabilities, and Bruno is very familiar with his characteristics.

Bruno was facing the attacking direction when he ran over, and William Carvalho's cross passed right in front of him.

Nainggolan immediately rushed towards him, trying to stop him.

Bruno stopped the ball coming from the right to his right with his left foot, and he was about to hit the goal with his foot, but Nainggolan was obviously mentally prepared. He stepped sideways and wanted to block it with his body.

Unexpectedly, Bruno suddenly dunked the ball with his right foot and returned it to the left.

Meunier was defending on the left side of Nainggolan. He immediately realized that something was wrong and rushed over quickly. But Bruno was obviously one step faster, quickly adjusted his body shape, stood still on his right foot, raised his left foot and hit directly!

"Bruno knocks on the door!" the narrator exclaims.

When Bruno dunked Nainggolan again, goalkeeper Courtois reacted very quickly and stood in the middle of the goal immediately. The reason is very simple. At this time, Meunier has blocked a large part of Bruno's shooting angle on the left side of the goal, and the most threatening area is in the middle. Generally speaking, after this kind of continuous spiking, it changes to a counter trend. The foot is most likely to hit the center directly.

But after Bruno dunked back, he directly hit the upper right corner with his left foot. The football flew out from between the two players Meunier and Nainggolan, but it did not go directly to the middle, but to the upper right corner of the goal.

After Courtois reacted, he immediately pounced, but no matter how he stretched his arms, he was unable to prevent the ball from entering the net.

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"The ball went in!!!"

"Bruno! Bruno scored!!!!"

“In the ninth minute, just nine minutes into the first half, Portugal took the lead in knocking on the Belgian goal!”

"Bruno took Portugal's first shot of the game and hit it directly!"

After Bruno scored, he quickly rushed out of the stadium, rushed all the way to the stands where the Portuguese fans were, and slid to his knees on the sidelines. His teammates behind him rushed up and hugged him.

"awesome!"

"Bruno was in really good shape today. He smashed the ball past Belgian midfielder Nainggolan and then hit the goal with his left foot!"

"This is a very clean shot from the edge of the penalty area!"

"This is Bruno! This is the hero of our Portuguese team, Bruno!"

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De Bruyne stood on the court depressed, with his hands on his waist and shook his head.

Conceding a goal in the first nine minutes was a bit too quick.

The goal was very fast. A long pass from the backcourt of the Portuguese team found forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo headed the ball and found William Carvalho. William Carvalho then dribbled the ball inward and passed it to Bruno. Bruno dunked continuously. The ball passed Nainggolan and hit the goal directly.

From initiation to goal, only two players passed through the middle, which is indeed very efficient, but the most important thing is Bruno's series of actions at the front of the penalty area. This is the key to the goal.

It can be said that this goal reflects Bruno's strength.

"It's really not easy for a man to score 17 goals in a single season in Serie A, goals in a single season in the Champions League, and become a Ballon d'Or winner! But I don't give up so easily! "De Bruyne gritted his teeth and thought.

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The game starts again.

After the Portuguese team scored, they began to consciously slow down their attack. This is also the tactic planned by head coach Santos before the game, that is, after attacking for a period of time, no matter whether he can score a goal or not, he must retreat, because the Portuguese team must let the Belgian team press out and then counterattack.

After conceding the goal, the Belgian team began to counterattack and produced the first yellow card of the game to the Portuguese team four minutes later. But soon, the Portuguese team launched a counterattack. After Bruno stopped the ball in the frontcourt, he passed it back to Joao Mario. The latter passed the ball diagonally to the right. Nani followed up and kicked the ball more than 20 meters away. Long shot, too high.

Nani apologized apologetically to Bruno and his teammates. He thought he was sure before he kicked off, but unexpectedly he got too hasty and failed to suppress the ball, turning it into an anti-aircraft gun.

Bruno applauded his teammates vigorously and encouraged him not to take it to heart.

The Belgian team continued to launch a counterattack, and the Portuguese team launched another counterattack in the 19th minute.

This time, the Belgian team's own center back Alderweireld made a mistake when he headed the ball to clear the ball. Bruno intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and took the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area, forcing a one-on-one break through the Belgian full-back. , passed the ball to the back of the goal with his left foot. But Ronaldo, who followed up, failed to hit the right spot and the ball went directly out of the baseline.

Four minutes later, Bruno created another opportunity on the left. Andre Gomez passed the ball diagonally to the right. Ronaldo stopped the ball at the right edge of the penalty area and kicked off, but he hit it too straight and was directly blocked. Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois confiscated the ball.

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The first half continued.

After spending the first ten minutes, the Belgian team quickly regained control of the situation, and the Portuguese team had to retreat completely.

Although the Belgian team had the advantage on the field, it was the Portuguese team that really got more shooting opportunities. Almost every counterattack by them would pose a threat to the Belgian team's goal. Unfortunately, Ronaldo and Bruno were closely guarded, and it was very difficult for them to do so. It is difficult to get good opportunities, and the ability of other Portuguese players to seize opportunities is indeed poor, and they have been unable to score a second goal. In the 31st minute of the first half, Hazard received a pass from his teammate on the left and ran nearly 40 meters. After passing three Portuguese players in a row, he faced Canse in the penalty area. Luo.

One-on-one, facing Hazard, one of the strongest wingers in today's football, Cancelo had no choice but to use a foul to prevent the opponent's attack and gave Belgium a well-positioned free kick.

De Bruyne passed a diagonal free kick from the left, and Alderweireld headed the ball into the near corner 7 meters from the goal.

1:1, the two sides returned to the same starting line.

The game also reached a deadlock, and until the end of the first half, neither side scored again.

After a fifteen-minute intermission, the second half began.

Neither side made any substitutions at halftime.

The Belgian team basically continued the momentum of the first half, continued to control the situation on the court, and pressed the Portuguese team in an orderly manner. Obviously, after equalizing the score in the first half, they played more patiently and steadily.

The Portuguese team put away its defense steadily and waited for the opportunity to counterattack.

In just three minutes, the Belgian team created an opportunity. It was midfielder Nainggolan's long shot from outside the penalty area that slightly missed the goal, shocking everyone into a cold sweat and giving the Belgian team the lead in the second half.

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Bruno realized that there was a problem in the team's midfield and immediately retreated to the midfield. At the same time, he kept calling on his teammates to stay calm and rational and not to mess up.

"You have to have confidence!" Bruno shouted forcefully.

Nani also returned to defend, leaving Cristiano Ronaldo in front of the opponent's central defender.

The Belgian team moved step by step and slowly pushed the formation past the center line.

The Portuguese team organized a tight defense and was determined to keep the goal. Everyone tried their best, ran and covered the court without any effort, fighting for every ball and every opportunity.

The Belgian team's attack was stubbornly sniped.

Although Portugal's strength is slightly inferior to that of Belgium, it is not without power to fight back.

In the 58th minute, the Belgian team made a mistake in passing and receiving. William Carvalho fell to the ground to tackle and kicked the ball to his teammate Joao Mario.

After Joao Mario got the ball, he immediately sent it forward to Ronaldo's feet.

Cristiano Ronaldo blocked Vermaelen with his body and stopped the ball.

At this time, Nani happened to come in from behind. After receiving the ball from the front, he sent it behind the Belgian team's defense.

Bruno had just retreated to the 30-meter zone to defend, but at this time, he used the fastest speed, like a red arrow, quickly penetrated the front from the left, and used his speed to throw away Meunier, and used The body keeps the Belgian players behind.

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The moment Bruno caught up with the ball, the entire stadium erupted in exclamations, and even many Portuguese fans jumped out of their seats with excitement.

Bruno chased the ball and rushed all the way into the penalty area.

Alderweireld, the right center back of the Belgian team, chased back wildly and blocked Bruno's right side. Goalkeeper Courtois stood on the left side of the goal, bending down and spreading his arms, waiting for Bruno to take off.

There is a defensive player on the right, and there is no shooting angle when he kicks the goal. Courtois and Alderweireld have blocked all shooting angles.

How to do?

Bruno suddenly stopped in the penalty area and dunked the ball.

This sudden change surprised Alderweireld, and he wanted to stop suddenly, but he still rushed a little further.

After Bruno made an emergency stop, he leaned on Alderweireld with his left shoulder. After stabilizing his body with his left foot, he took the ball one step towards the center with his right foot. He adjusted it, quickly picked it up, and directly pocketed it. A curve ball.

Hit the far corner!

"Bruno! Bruno!! Bruno!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"Oh my God, fifty-eight minutes! Fifty-eight minutes!"

"Bruno once again scored a goal to surpass the score!"

"This was an impressive counterattack. Bruno dribbled the ball more than 40 meters, and with his personal ability, he scored again at the feet of the Belgian team!"

"2:1, now the Portuguese team takes the lead again!"

(End of this chapter)