Chapter 115 The first step to conquer Europe

"Wayne Rooney! Another goal! In just seven minutes of the second half, England scored their third goal in the game! This is an unexpected advantage!"

This time, even John Motterson's tone showed unconcealed surprise.

Not only himself, I'm afraid even the most hardcore English fans did not expect their team to be able to lead Portugal so easily.

You should know that Portugal has always had the reputation of "Brazil in Europe". The ability to play Brazil in Europe so miserably shows that England's strength is extraordinary. Perhaps they are no longer the rumored "European second-rate"?

Rooney, who scored twice in this game, was very excited, and his teammates were as excited as him.

However, while celebrating the goal, Don En still noticed one thing keenly - the expressions of the Portuguese players were not as depressed as they were at the end of the first half. It is said that after falling behind by three goals, they should be in a state of decay, but now, their expressions have not continued to deteriorate.

What did Queroz say to them during the break?

Don En didn't think about this issue carefully. For him, one-goal lead was the least safe score, but three-goal lead was enough to sit in a chair and watch the show. He didn't believe that Portugal could reverse the game when he was behind three goals, which was amazing.

Unless God, you want to play with me.

Thinking of this, Tang En looked up and looked into the sky. There was nothing in the dark blue night sky.

As the captain of the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo is not a leader. But at this moment he gathered his teammates.

"It's not time to give up yet! If we lose to England here, our European Cup journey will end here! They will definitely underestimate the opponent after leading three goals now. This is our chance! Give them some surprises!"

He clenched his fists and stretched out his fists, and his teammates clenched their fists and put them on. More and more fists were stacked together, representing the determination of the Portuguese.

Ronaldo is 31 years old this year, and he can play another World Cup. It is hard to say that the European Cup is. He knows that his condition will inevitably decline. This is the rule and no one can escape. So he does not want to leave regrets in this European Cup. They come with ambition to conquer Europe. If England is ruined in the first game, what else can they talk about conquering Europe?

You must not lose this game!

"In the 52nd minute, England led Portugal 3:0. It seems that Tony Donne is indeed a good move. England is even more powerful without George Wood. It is really unexpected..."

The German coach muttered to himself in the stands. Today's game has really gained. Originally, after Wood was injured, the German intelligence believed that Portugal was the biggest threat in their largest group. Now it seems that the intelligence has been updated and the judgment must be corrected.

People who had the same idea as him also included spies from Spain, spies from France, spies from Netherlands, and other intelligence collectors who insisted on staying in the stands.

Previously, there was a popular view in the field of national teams: no matter how brilliant Tony Donn achieved in the club, the club and the national team are also completely different worlds. His outstanding performance in the qualifiers cannot be explained by the fact that the opponents in that group were too weak... Danish football and Serbian football have long declined.

So in fact, Tang En has never proved his ability to coach the national team. Those bigwigs who coach the national team are mostly disdainful of him. A frivolous young man. A successful person who is bragging from the English media... here he still has to speak in actual results.

Now, Tony Donn used such a beautiful 3:0 to get those people back their questioning gazes. What a beautiful first battle.

If they knew each other well, they would definitely come together to comment on some of the game so far. But now these "intelligence personnel" can only give their own comments in their hearts:

"Tony Don is very strong and needs special attention. Queroz is finished, and his contract expires after the European Cup. After watching such a clumsy fifty minutes, I believe that the Portuguese Football Association will not prepare a new contract for him. He completely lost control of the team, and was in a complete disadvantage in the direct conversation with Tony Don..."

Someone turned his attention to the Portuguese Football Association Chairman Madale who was sitting on the rostrum to watch the game. The old man's face was indeed not good-looking...

In front of the whole world, his team was humiliated by the Englishman three goals. No one could have laughed.

In fact, Madale had indeed cursed all the eight generations of Queroz's ancestors in his heart. Mr. Barclay, CEO of the FA England, sat next to him, smiling as bright as a spring flower at this moment, and was simply ridiculing nakedly. He really couldn't swallow this.

The fat British man had already cheered in front of him three times, how fucking hell!

Ronaldo and Queroz both made good predictions, and England inevitably relaxed after leading three goals. Whether it was defense or counterattack, they were not as active as before.

This is the Portuguese opportunity. If they can't catch it, their failure will be irreversible...

The Portuguese bet on their full hope in this game. They all came out of the hole. They didn't care how to defend England's fourth quick counterattack. Because this kind of consideration is meaningless, if they cannot get a goal back at this time, it will be no difference if they are scored ten goals or one goal by the opponent.

The Portuguese's fierce offensive made England a little embarrassed and Tony Donn was very surprised - he really didn't expect that Queroz's team really wanted to go against the will.

"Ronaldo forced a breakthrough in the middle... He tripped to the ground by Michael Johnson and had a free kick!...Ronaldo took the penalty himself, stood behind the ball... Running up, kicked the ball - the ball entered! The ball entered!!"

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo--!!!" The Portuguese narrator roared excitedly.

The Portuguese fans who had been silent in the stands also jumped out of their seats.

"Portuguese scored a goal back... It's really unexpected. But this cannot change the result of this game. For the Portuguese fans, it's just a goal to save face." John Motson said. What he said makes sense. England fans are not frustrated and angry about the concealment. They still have a smile on their faces - they still have a two-goal lead.

Madale stood up and waved his fists for a while and sat down again.                                                     �

This conceding was beyond Tang En's expectations. He stood up and cursed and expressed his dissatisfaction. However, he did not take this conceding too seriously. Like the English fans, he felt that he still had two goals in his hand and was fearless at all.

However, this goal greatly increased the Portuguese's fighting spirit and their confidence exploded.

Just four minutes later, they made a comeback and Biennilo passed the ball forward. This time the man pulled the ball to the side to catch the ball was not Ronaldo. Instead, their striker Yannick_djalo. This not-tall black boy was very fast. After he received the football, he also pulled the England team's defense.

Then he did not continue to go to the ground or cut inward, but suddenly made a cross!

England's defense line was not tight, otherwise they would not have been pulled open by a single Jaro. They obviously did not care as much about Portugal's attack as before, and Ronaldo's free kick scored did not sound the alarm for them.

Jaro's cross did not kick the football in front of the goal, but passed it to the penalty area. Where? Ronaldo suddenly appeared in the middle and was leaping high. He was 1.88 meters tall and bounced well. He occasionally scored with a header...

"Gallo makes a cross...Ronaldo jumps and heads the ball!!"

The football was hit by him and flew towards the goal. Joe Hart had some problems with his position. He was defending the back post, but he didn't expect Ronaldo to hit the front post... England's national goal flew hard to save, but he didn't touch the ball at all.

Everyone saw the football rubbing the near post and hitting the ball net...

"The ball is scored!! The second goal! Ronaldo scored twice!!!" The Portuguese commentator went crazy, "gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! This is incredible! We scored two goals back. At present, only one goal behind! Everything is possible! Come on, Portugal!!"

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo was extremely excited. He waved his fists frantically and roared at the sky.                                               �

"This is really..." Motson didn't know what he should say for a moment. In just four minutes, their lead changed from three goals to one goal, and became this "the most unsafe score in the world"... "The tenacious Portuguese, England is a little proud and underestimated the enemy!" But it's not just "some proud and underestimated the enemy."

It seemed that an earthquake was happening in the Camp Nou. Portugal fans stomped their feet in the stands and cheered wildly, and even the camera camera trembled. They saw hope of defeating England.

Come on, have a shocking reversal!

The Portuguese were having fun, and Tony Don was a little furious. He got up from his seat, waved his arms and yelled loudly. He was very dissatisfied with his players' performance in these four minutes. "You bastards! Now I see how you end!"

Members of the England coaching staff also looked solemn.

The English players stood on the court with expressions in a hunched manner, feeling incredible about the score, and many of them probably haven't turned around yet.

However, the "lively watching" in the stands showed smiles on their faces.  This game is really interesting...

"...Tony Don't's team is a bit unstable just like his own temper. The performance is unstable. The performance is unstable. Portugal was able to score two goals in four minutes while leading by three goals. This is very telling the problem..." Another one was added to the German notebook.

On the rostrum, Madale cheered from the bottom of his heart. Now his mood is very different from four minutes ago. It’s very simple. He saw hope for the victory. Right in front of him... He could catch it with just one hand. He no longer cared about what the British man in Barclay would think of his crazy celebration. He just wanted to show off!

Come on Portugal!

He yelled in his heart.

After Tang En threw down the sentence "I see how you ended up", he sat in his seat with some anger, waiting for the players at a loss on the court. However, his posture did not last long, and he quickly got up from the seat and walked to the sidelines. He shouted inside: "What are you doing? You should cheer me up now, right? Gentlemen! We are only one goal ahead. If you don't do anything, we will all become the laughing stock of the whole world tomorrow!!"

"You can still lose the game after leading three goals! We will be the number one person! Do you think it's glorious!?"

He did not make any tactical adjustments. Because there is no problem with the tactics, the problem is the executor's mentality. As long as the mentality is adjusted, the tactics will still work.

And he knew that as long as the players' mentality could be adjusted, the initiative in this game was actually in his hands.

The Portuguese cannot accept the 2:3 failure result. They will definitely continue to attack and put in a big push, hoping to equalize the score when the England team is collectively lost, or even overtake...

For England, this is a very dangerous moment. But at the same time, it is also a time full of opportunities...it depends on who can catch it. So he must wake up the English players immediately.

Not all England players can hear Done clearly, but they all know that the boss is angry.

He does have reason to be angry, and the three-goal lead turns into one-goal lead... It's so embarrassing!

The game started again, and Portugal launched a tide of offensive against England. One wave was higher than the other. England could only shrink its defense, which was very embarrassed.

However, behind such a embarrassed scene, Tang En saw what he wanted - his own players have regained their game state. As long as they have this state, England's defense will be fine.

Portugal also soon found that their opponents had returned to normal. They were not hit by two goals in a row. After weighing the pros and cons, they weakened their siege against England because they had to start reconsidering guarding against England's counterattack...

England then organized several counterattacks and was intercepted by Pepe's Portuguese defense. The game was again in a stalemate after a brief climax.

The head coaches of the two teams kept changing postures on the sidelines.

At first, Don En always stood on the sidelines and stared at the field nervously. Queroz sat in his position. He seemed confident.

But as time went by, the score was still 3:2. After rubbing his butt on the coach's seat for several rounds, he finally stood up, walked to the sidelines, made various gestures, and his anxious expression gradually appeared on his dark face.

Tang En turned around and sat back, crossing his legs.

As the game time passes, the situation can only be more and more favorable to him. He knows that he is approaching the first victory of the European Cup minute by minute.

What is the ugly scene? What is the narrow victory? That is just an interlude in the process. As long as the result is a good place, it is a good place.

Tang En was able to calm down, but it does not mean that his players could accept the result calmly - they could have ended the game beautifully, so that no one would suspect that they were second-rate in Europe. But unexpectedly, the Portuguese counterattack within four minutes destroyed everything they had done before. No one would remember their three-ball lead, and three-ball lead could only become a joke and become a footnote to the current score. Even if they won, people would only say, "They almost lost the game with three-ball lead. The final victory... It was so bad!" "It was indeed second-rate in Europe. A group of arrogant men who were praised by the English media..." "It was completely Chinese porcelain, with good appearance. Vulnerable. The Portuguese's luck was really bad..."

When they think of getting such a review, they can't tolerate the game ending like this. Now they want more time to play than the Portuguese so that they can continue to expand the score.

In the 80th minute, Donne used the last substitution quota and replaced Downing with Chris Cohen. He had previously replaced Walcott with Bentley and replaced Gerard with Gareth Barry.

The two wing players he replaced were players who were physically strong, could return to defense in time and were willing to return to defense, which showed his attitude - defense was the most important in the final stage.

But the players on the court would not think so. They were angry by the Portuguese and were looking for a chance to fight back at the last moment of the game, like a group of wolves who were extremely hungry and were teased by food.

In the 86th minute, the Portuguese launched an attack. Goalkeeper Patricio kicked the ball into the midfield with big feet.

Mitchel, the highest man on the field, won the header battle. He topped the ball to Gareth Barry.

Barry passed the ball to Michael Johnson in the front. After the Portuguese discovered that the ball had changed hands, he hurriedly returned to defense. The three players rushed to Johnson who was holding the ball at the first time.

Johnson, produced by Manchester City Youth Training Camp, showed a rare calm at this time. He did not rashly dribble the ball forward, but turned around and attracted the opponent's defensive attention to him. Then he saw Wayne Rooney inserted from behind!

If you pass the ball over, it will be a one-on-one strike!

Thinking of this, he shook his ankle and passed the football forward.
To be continued...