[football] this god

Chapter 153

The game is over and Portugal's 2006 is about to stop at this moment.

Cristiano may have wanted to cry, but after standing there for a while, he took one last look at Zidane, who was celebrating in the middle of the field, and left the field with his head down and the others .

Zidane felt that someone was watching him, but when he turned his head to find this person, he could only see the back of Cristiano.

——"Portugal is more difficult to deal with than I imagined." After the game, Zidane told reporters in an interview in the mixed interview area, "To be honest, when Ronaldo directly intercepted the ball from my feet, I was terrified. .”

There was a burst of friendly laughter from the reporters in the mixed interview area.

The fact that Zidane was scared can only be regarded as a funny lace, but it is not worthy of ridicule, because France is the winner in the end, and the winner cannot be because of a small thing on the way to victory. Accidentally laughed at.

Zidane also laughed when he thought of that goal, and continued to praise Cristiano without hesitation, "And his goal in the second half was also amazing and amazing."

——That was No. 605 minutes of the game.

Cristiano received a pass from Deco in the frontcourt, and Makelele tripped Cristiano ten meters in front of the penalty area.

It was a foul that could be seen clearly without Maradona's binoculars, not to mention that the referee was standing less than three meters away from the scene of the crime.

Undoubtedly a free kick that belongs to Portugal.

Figo signaled Cristiano to appear in front of the ball-this is not surprising, after all, this is a free kick made by Cristiano, and Cristiano has proved more than once in the national team and club that he can take free kicks .

It was not a free kick from close range, the whole French team believed that in a match like the World Cup semi-finals, and considering Cristiano's age, it was impossible to hit the goal directly - it was very unreliable and very risky , and young people are usually told not to take risks on such occasions.

But no one expected that Cristiano hit the goal directly.

It's like a sudden storm and a sudden wind and thunder, without any prelude or any meaningless tricks, just simple and straightforward with the intention of destroying one's target.

Zidane turned his head to look at the ball that rushed into the goal like a bullet, and stood there in a daze, completely lacking the demeanor of a steady veteran who has experienced many battles.

——"Can you describe that free kick?" A French reporter who is still familiar with Zidane asked.

Zidane was silent for a few seconds, before finally answering the seemingly too literary question, "Ronaldo used that free kick to prove that he will one day be the best player in Europe. Congratulations to Manchester United."

"But Portugal lost in the end. What do you think is the reason for their loss?" Another reporter put the recorder under Zidane's nose, "Can you comment on Portugal's performance in the penalty shootout? Why do you think they suddenly collapsed at this time?"

——The game was eventually dragged into a penalty shootout because of Cristiano's free kick.

"I'm going to take the first kick." Cristiano, as always, was the first to speak when everyone came to Scolari's side to wait for the penalty shootout to be assigned - he has been in the Portuguese national team since "this" Since then, he hasn't played a penalty shootout much. He "before" liked to come last, but today he feels that he should go first.

Cristiano is complacent.

"Before" the French team beat Portugal in regular time, but "this time" he helped Portugal tie the score in the second half.

It must mean something - like God didn't fail Cristiano's loyalty, and he finally gave Portugal what probably didn't belong to Portugal.

Cristiano became more ambitious than ever. He felt that he was infinitely close to the final. He felt that the most supreme trophy in his eyes was already close at hand, as if he only needed to stretch his hand a little to get it in his hand.

"We are very close to the World Cup final." Cristiano immersed himself in his emotions, "We are about to create an unprecedented miracle, and we are about to be permanently recorded in the most glorious page of Portuguese football history. No one can surpass us ——In the next 100 years, we will also be celebrated as heroes of our country and lights of Portugal.”

"All we need to do now is to kick the penalty kick in." Cristiano looked at his teammates with burning eyes, waiting for them to respond enthusiastically to his ambition, "We have this opportunity, enter The final, and then as long as we are patient and calm, we can even aspire to the greatest honor in the world."

"God came back from the dead in seven days, and then proved his holiness. We fell behind and equalized in the game just now, and we died and survived. Now we are going to prove our greatness and immortality." Cristiano encouraged his teammates , "We are now standing in front of history, and we are about to teach the world how to bow to Portugal."

But after Cristiano finished speaking, for about half a minute, the Portuguese players looked at each other, and no one made a sound.

"I kick the second one." Figo looked at his teammates on the left and right, and finally sighed silently and stood up second.

Deco looked at Figo, then stood up.

Cristiano was the first on the pitch.

Half the court held its breath for him, and half the court shouted as the enemy—half the world loved him, half the world feared him.

Cristiano makes those who love him love him more deeply, and makes those who fear him hide in dark corners.

He stood in front of the penalty spot, took a deep breath, and made it in one fell swoop.

But Cristiano never imagined that everything after that made all ambitions meaningless-Figo and Deco kicked penalty kicks one after another.

Cristiano stood there, looking at Zidane who did not celebrate with the rest of the French team but turned his head to look at him. Cristiano looked at Zidane with an expression that was both crying and laughing.

Zidane hesitated for a while, then walked over and touched Cristiano's neck, "Portugal has done a good job today, you don't need to blame yourself."

Cristiano looked at Zidane, "How do you know I'm blaming myself and not someone else?"

Zidane was taken aback by his question, and he was embarrassed to say that he didn't pay attention to listen to the coach's instructions before the penalty shootout just now. He only cared about the situation in Portugal, so he listened to what Cristiano said. Probably all.

"Instinct." Zidane replied with one word, and quickly fled with as demure a gesture as possible.

——"Why did they collapse at the end?" Zidane repeated the reporter's question.

The reporter nodded to confirm that Zidane heard the question correctly.

"Because Portugal only has..." Zidane stopped suddenly.

All the reporters looked at him, and the spotlights flickered wildly-everyone was guessing what amazing remarks Zidane was brewing.

But in fact, Zidane just said: "Because Portugal put all its strength into play in regular time, it lacked stamina when it came to the penalty shootout. This is obvious-the strength of the French team lies in Portugal. On top of that. Actually, I think Portugal's draw with France in regular time is already a very big thing. So I just said that Ronaldo proved that he will eventually be the best player in Europe."

After all, Zidane didn't speak his mind, because he didn't want someone with a heart to misinterpret his words and cause unnecessary pressure on that kid Cristiano.

"Because Ronaldo is the only one in Portugal who really thinks that Portugal can reach the final - it's good that he has such confidence, it would be good. But he did one thing wrong, he made his ambition too clear, he was too clear. He was eager, so he put too much pressure on his teammates. He thought that under the pressure, Portugal would explode with infinite strength, but he overestimated his partners.”

"Even players like Figo and Deco were overwhelmed at that moment by his ambition and desire."

"Some people are born to be conquered, and some people are born to be conquered."

"Ronaldo of Portugal was born to conquer. But once in a while maybe he should learn to temper his urges."

That's Zidane's real answer to why Portugal collapsed, but he's not going to tell anyone - Ronaldo is a good boy, and Zidane hasn't seen his lust in anyone for years.

——“Pelé went to the dressing room in Brazil that day,” Zidane remembers complaining when his Real Madrid teammate, Brazil’s Ronaldo, called him that day. “He said to Ronaldinho, ‘God. Ah, you should be thankful that I am not a bad-tempered guy like Maradona, otherwise I probably couldn't help breaking your legs when I saw your playing style and style, you, and all of you, you The way you fight is unbelievable, I can't even see your desires, your ambitions. But without desires and ambitions, why do you play football?" "

Recalling this passage, Zidane suddenly thought, maybe until now he finally knows why Maradona loves this Ronaldo.

He used to think about it over and over again, but never thought that Maradona loves him maybe because his desire and ambition can even crush his partner-that is the real conqueror.The one closest to his predecessor of all.