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

Chapter 323 Advance to the quarterfinals

"GOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!"

"Kevin De Bruyne! Wow wow, wonderful free kick, 4:4, Belgium equalized the score."

"After being unable to attack for a long time, De Bruyne took advantage of a set piece to equalize the score. This is De Bruyne, the Bruno of Belgium!"

"In today's game, although Bruno scored a hat trick, De Bruyne's performance was not much inferior. He passed two passes and shot one, and directed another goal, participating in all four goals of Belgium. ."

"At 4:4, Santos was punished for his conservative tactics. After taking the lead, his tactics were too conservative."

After Santos cursed in displeasure and shouted at the players, he called Bruno over and gave him face-to-face advice.

Santos' tactics are very direct, continue to defend, the goal has been conceded, don't be upset, don't think about it. The goal now is not to concede any more goals and to hold on to the 4:4 score.

To be honest, Santos was angry after being equalized by Belgium, but he was not as frustrated as the commentator imagined.

Ending the first half of overtime at 4:3 is the best result, but 4:4 is not unacceptable.

In the end, in the remaining minutes of the game, Belgium hoped to continue their efforts and take advantage of the momentum to score another goal to take the lead. However, the Portuguese team's defense was very successful, and despite being a little embarrassed, they finally managed to hold on to a 4:4 draw.

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After a short break, overtime entered the second half, and the two sides changed sides again.

Belgium was obviously not satisfied with being tied by Portugal. They frequently put pressure on Portugal's half, but Portugal's defense did a good job.

Wilmots has already made a judgment in his heart: Portugal seems to be really satisfied with the draw and just wants to hold on to the 4:4 score.

On the field, Belgium is attacking. Witsel advanced with the ball in midfield, and William Carvalho moved up to defend De Bruyne.

Witsel did not pass the ball immediately. He wanted to continue to control the ball while observing the movement of his teammates and looking for a suitable passing route.

William Carvalho pounced on Witsel.

In fact, for De Witsel, the safest thing to do at this time was to pass the football, but he did not do that. He stopped and turned around, trying to get rid of William Carvalho.

This is a common action for defensive midfielders. They stop and turn suddenly, give their back to the opponent, use their strong body to separate the opponent and the football, and then rush forward with the ball, or they can look up and look ahead more calmly to find a suitable position. Ball route.

Witsel can attack and defend well, and he is very good at it.

In previous games, William Carvalho had noticed that Witsel liked to play this trick, so William Carvalho had already had a plan to deal with it.

Just when Witsel stopped the ball and turned around, William Carvalho suddenly jumped up like a leopard out of the cage.

The two bodies collided, and Witsel, who had good fighting ability, was staggered by the stronger William Carvalho, and suddenly lost control of the ball at his feet.

Then William Carvalho took a step forward and used his body to separate the football from Witsel.

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Witsel was naturally unwilling to lose the football and wanted to squeeze over and use his body to regain his position. However, he still underestimated William Carvalho's physical confrontation ability and was unable to squeeze away William Carvalho.

"Beautiful steal!" the Portuguese TV commentator exclaimed, "very decisive in grabbing the ball."

"I want to praise William Carvalho's physical fitness. This physique is so strong!" Lineker, the commentator of Sky Sports, also praised.

Gary Neville said: "The timing of the steal is very good, and the physical confrontation ability is good. This kind of defensive midfielder is simply tailor-made for the Premier League."

Just when the commentators were praising William Carvalho, William Carvalho, who completed the steal, did not stick to the ball and directly handed the football to Bruno, allowing his teammates to organize the offense.

William Carvalho is very clear about his weakness, that is, slowness, not only slow speed, but also slow turning, so he does not stick to the ball on the court. He knows what his job is: the team's midfield barrier.

Leave the offense to others.

The Portuguese fans in the stands of Toulouse Stadium applauded William Carvalho's steal.

William Carvalho has a height of 187cm and a weight of 80kg. Similar to many "black and hard" players, Carvalho has a hard time facing opponents in terms of physical confrontation. He often uses his huge body to "crush" opponents in games, which can provide the team with enough hardness on the defensive end.

Santos also applauded in the audience, applauding the wonderful performance of his proud disciple.

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"Return to defense!" Belgian defense general Vermaelen shouted.

It is definitely very dangerous for one's own defensive midfielder to intercept the ball.

Alderweireld pounced on Bruno who had the ball, hoping to delay Portugal's counterattack.

Bruno pulled the ball and turned around, pulled it laterally, got rid of Alderweireld's entanglement, and then directly sent the pass. A slightly curved ground ball quickly passed in front of the feet of Fellaini, who came up to defend. , rolled to the right.

"DeBruno, beautiful pass!" Vertonghen, who had just rushed up to make up for the position, saw a red figure rushing over, and after receiving the football, he changed direction and wiped it in front of him. .

"Beautiful breakthrough! It's Cristiano Ronaldo!" Lineker exclaimed.

No one noticed when Cristiano Ronaldo was in place, and they saw the Portuguese captain rushing up like the wind, catching the ball, changing direction, and passing people, all in one go.

There were boos from the stands at the Toulouse Stadium.

Amidst the harsh boos, Ronaldo passed by and then cut inside and rushed towards the penalty area.

The Belgian defenders panicked.

Vermaelen hurriedly dropped Quaresma and pounced on Ronaldo.

Vermaelen felt dizzy because he knew how terrifying this guy was.

Vermaelen's reaction was quick enough, but Ronaldo was decisive. As soon as he cut into the penalty area, he shot directly!

After he shot the football out, Vermaelen's foot scooped it up. It was too late!

Belgian goalkeeper Courtois reacted as quickly as he could, but was still half a beat too slow. The football flew into the goal from the gap between his left hand and the goal post!

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"GOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

"Oh oh oh!" the Portuguese commentator shouted excitedly, "Ronaldo! Ronaldo!! Ronaldo!!! He scored! He scored twice! 5:4! Portugal leads again!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo! Wind-like speed, exciting high-speed breakthroughs, calm shots! Wind-like speed, wind-like goals!"

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo got up from the ground, then rushed to the corner flag area. When he was close to the sideline, he jumped high, turned in the air, swung his hands back when he landed, stood firmly, and looked up to the sky and roared.

As the captain of the team, he failed to make any achievements in the first hour of today's game. He could only watch his younger brother Bruno and the opponent's De Bruyne kill everyone on the court. This made Ronaldo not very happy. .

A supplementary shot in the first half of overtime helped Portugal take the lead, allowing Ronaldo to vent some of his frustrations.

And now, when Portugal was equalized again and was suppressed by Belgium on the field, he once again came to the rescue and helped the team take the lead. Ronaldo was simply excited.

Other Portuguese players gathered around to congratulate Ronaldo on his goal.

"Good job!"

"This ball is awesome!"

Listening to the praises of his teammates, Ronaldo felt even happier.

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Trailing 4:5, trailing his opponent for the fourth time in this game, Wilmots couldn't sit still. But he has no way to make personnel adjustments because Belgium has used up all three substitutions. He could only order the Belgian players to press forward and launch a desperate attack towards the Portuguese goal.

Santos did have one substitution spot, and he quickly made substitution adjustments. Nani was replaced and Danilo Pereira came on as a substitute.

William Carvalho and Danilo Pereira form a double defensive midfielder with strong interception capabilities. William Carvalho is the main player and Danilo Pereira is the assist.

This pair of defensive midfielders actually contained Belgium's crazy offensive.

Not only that, Portugal's counterattack also frightened Belgium.

Cristiano Ronaldo was particularly active in the front. He frequently used his speed to attack the Belgian defense line, which made the Belgian defensive players like grass and trees.

In the 115th minute of the game, the score was still 5:4, with Portugal leading.

In the next seven or eight minutes, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who stole the scene. The Portuguese captain first caused a card for Vertonghen. Then there was a conflict with Alderweireld. If the referee had not shown mercy, Alderweireld would have been sent off with a red card due to accumulated yellow cards.

Finally, in injury time, Ronaldo used his speed to shoot close to the penalty area and was saved by goalkeeper Courtois. Quaresma's shot hit the shoulder of Belgian player Batshuayi.

Sanches complained about Batshuayi's handball, and the players from both sides quarreled again.

In the end, amid the boos of the Belgian fans and the cheers of the Portuguese fans, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

"The game is over! The game is over! The game is over!!! After 5 minutes of fierce fighting, the Portuguese team defeated Belgium 4:."

"An unbelievable game, with a total of nine goals scored. For Belgium, Alderweireld, Batshuayi, Hazard and De Bruyne each scored, and Portugal's Five goals were scored by Bruno Fernandez and Cristiano Ronaldo, with Bruno scoring a hat trick and Ronaldo not scoring twice."

(End of this chapter)