Chapter 158 The most tragic scene
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"Do you want to go and see the semi-finals between Uruguay and Brazil?"
After the afternoon training, Gago asked softly at Messi.
"Will you organize the viewing together tonight?"
"I mean to go and see it on site."
Facing Messi's doubts, Gago blinked and suggested.
"This is not very good!"
Xiaotiaosai was a little hesitant. You should know that Basil hopes that everyone will be closed before the game and will not contact anyone.
"Go and discuss with the coach, he will agree. If you hold it in this way all day, you will get mentally ill."
Gago went to discuss with Basilai, but Basilai rarely decisively killed his proposal.
"Feer, you have to know when it is already the semi-finals. Can't you even bear these two days? After we win the championship, I will do whatever time you want to play, but in the past few days, don't give me any place except the competition."
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In the evening, in the conference room, Gago lay on the table with a frustration expression on his face. His past laughter made those who were unaware of it think he had suffered a heartbreak. It was Messi who smiled and explained the fact that he wanted to go out to watch the football team, which made the Argentine stars understand that this kid could not hold it in.
"Young man, this concentration is not enough!"
Many older old guys sighed and said as they looked at Gago who was lying on the table.
At this time, Basilai walked in, glanced at Gago, slapped Redondo beside him, and then walked to the front.
"Let's take a good look at the finals today."
Basile's words are so arrogant. Before Mexico has finished cleaning up, it has begun to pay attention to its opponents in the finals.
"Feer, get up and watch the game and see the defense line you are facing in the final."
Redondo sat next to Gago, patted his head and said.
Gago really didn't dare to act like a little bitch about this idol, and he honestly looked up at the big screen.
"I suddenly had a hunch that it would be a very fierce game."
Kanicia sat next to Redondo and whispered.
"It seems you need to look carefully again."
Redondo knew that his friend's premonition was very accurate.
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As it turns out, this game can be said to be the most tragic game in this Copa America.
The lineups of both sides are no different from the previous game. By this time, any tricks are useless. You can only rely on your own strength to defeat your opponent.
Brazil has always been a favorite to win the championship, and Uruguay cannot be underestimated. The forward combination of Recoba and Fran is also ranked first in European football. Coupled with Uruguay's traditional strong defense, this is really a battle.
Just ten minutes after the first half, Brazil's team broke the deadlock with Macon.
Samba's army initiated an offensive on the left, Baptista made a cross at the front of the penalty area. After getting the ball, Lof leaned against the Uruguayan defender and broke into the penalty area. He shot on Karini before the goalkeeper attacked. Maikon, who was inserted at high speed, shot strongly in the face of the incoming ball, and the ball flew into the goal.
Brazil leads 1-0.
Both sides were relatively relaxed in this game. Since they were old opponents, they entered a bayonet-like hand-to-hand combat from the beginning. The fast offensive and defensive rhythm coupled with the unique gorgeous skills of South American players made all fans feel very happy.
After leading with one goal, Brazil did not go as conservative. Dunga commanded the team to continue to push forward on the offense. He wanted to end the battle in the first half and retain some energy to prepare for the final.
But Uruguay is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Head coach Tabares is also a well-known figure in South America. He made a gesture to Recoba and Fran to show his full attack.
Although Uruguay has traditionally adopted defense, their offense has never been weak. At least in this country, there is never a shortage of offensive stars. The current Fran and Recoba, and the future Suarez are all forwards who have breakthroughs in personal skills and shooters.
After Recoba and Fran burst out with 120,000 points in spirit, Uruguay surrounded Brazil for twenty minutes and finally equalized the score in stoppage time in the first half.
It was the exquisite cooperation between Recoba and Fran, who secretly learned the free kick tactics from Argentina and combined with his own characteristics to transform them.
Recoba's gold rubbed a free kick with no curve but very strong rotation force on his left foot. Recoba hit the goal. However, he only asked to hit within the goal frame, so Doni easily judged the ball path, and jumped up in time after bypassing the wall and took off the ball.
However, the rotation force of the ball was beyond his expectations, making him unable to catch it firmly. Fran, who was ambushing, scored a timely shot, equalizing the score for Uruguay at the last moment of the first half.
However, at this time, a bad news made Uruguay not have time to celebrate. After the free kick, Recoba fell to the ground with a painful face. Tabares replaced him with Affreu with a pale face. He had expected this. Recoba's injury was not completely cured before participating in the game. Tabares originally did not want him to play, but Recoba insisted on the game. In addition, in such an important knockout round, Uruguay must rely on this Inter Milan star.
Although he replaced him in time when the overall situation was decided in the last game against Venezuela, he didn't expect that he still didn't avoid it today.
In the second half, Uruguay, which lacked Recoba, suddenly dropped by 30%. Seeing the opportunity, Dunga asked the team to press forward again, saying that he was sick and killed! Any retention at this time is cruel to himself.
Brazil's offense without any scruples is the word "playing all over the world". They surpassed the score again in just five minutes in the second half.
With the same set ball cooperation, Robinho's arc ball was given to the penalty area, and Baptista made a pass in the middle, and the ball fell into the lower right corner of the goal.
Brazil 2-1 Uruguay!
At this moment, something happened that forced the game to be interrupted. A small accident occurred in the arena, and one side of the illuminated headlights was darkened. After soliciting the opinions of the captains of both sides, the referee decided to continue the game. This small accident interrupted the game for 13 minutes.
The stadium facilities in South America are completely incomparable to Europe. No matter what the Copa America is, Venezuela has lost a lot of face, from the breaking of the net to the extinguishing of the lights. It is estimated that the South American Football Federation will not hand over the Copa America to Venezuela to host it in the future. Not only are they embarrassing, but the prestige of the Football Federation has also plummeted.
But this accident gave Tabares time to adjust his tactics. He took out a tactical board on the sidelines to quickly explain the final arrangements to the players, and at the same time replaced a forward with a defender, preparing to fight for the final battle.
After the game started again, Uruguay, who was guided by Tabares, launched the final desperate attack. However, Dunga became conservative at this time. After all, he was a defensive player, thinking about being safe. After leading with one goal, he directed the team to retreat and prepare to go through Uruguay's three axes and waited for an opportunity to counterattack.
But what he didn't expect was that Uruguay's three-pronged axes split his self-solid defense, and Fran showed the value of a star after Recoba left the court.
Uruguay launched a fast attack from the left, No. 5 Garcia made a cross from the bottom, Fran headed the ball in front of the two defenders, and Afreu, who came on the back, came back to the bottom and scored a scooter. The ball hit the post and bounced back and hit Doni's body and bounced into the net.
Uruguay tied the score again 2-2!
"grass!"
Dunga saw this scene and directly smashed a bottle of water in her hand to the ground, and stepped on it twice. Then after the assistant coach reminded him, he quickly replaced him. This was two. Now Brazil is preparing to fight for his life, and no one wants to enter the cruel penalty shootout. There is no overtime in the Copa America.
Dunga did even more amazingly, replacing both midfielders, and four forwards in the frontcourt bombarded Uruguay in the last time.
However, Uruguay, which was retreating from defense at all, maintained the draw to the end, and the two teams had to enter a cruel penalty shootout, which was also the first penalty shootout in this Copa America.
This situation was obviously something that neither coach of the two teams expected. They quickly came to the court to communicate with the players and prepare for penalty kicks.
In the penalty shootout, Brazil's team was the first to be punished by Uruguay to defend first.
The first player to play in Brazil was Robinho, the only big name. He easily tricked Carini into the lower left corner. Robinho yelled after scoring the goal. At this point, he had to use such actions to vent his nervousness.
Of course, the first player to play in Uruguay was also a big name, Diego Fran, but he did not help the team to open the first record. Fran scored a penalty and Dorney turned to the left but magically hooked the ball out with his feet.
"Fuck, you can even fucking save it."
After Doni blocked Fran's penalty, Gago couldn't help but curse, saying that if he could, he would rather play Uruguay in the final. After all, Brazil is still stronger in terms of strength, and it would be very difficult to play him.
The next second and third penalty kicks both withstood the pressure and made the penalty.
Brazil made a mistake in the fourth penalty kick. In order to make the angle more tricky, Alfonso used a little more force, but he hit the goal post and bounced out.
The two sides once again stood at the same point.
"good!"
While Alfonso almost cried in front of the camera, the Argentine stars cheered loudly.
In the end, the players from both sides withstood the pressure and went in again. In this way, they had to make a more cruel "sudden death penalty".
Whoever makes mistakes first will be eliminated!
Brazil's sixth penalty, Menegasso, failed to withstand the pressure and hit the ball on the left post again.
At this moment, the Uruguayan fans in the stands were ecstatic, and Gago and others cheered.
But they were only happy for a minute. Garcia, who was the sixth penalty in Uruguay, was probably under too much pressure and hit the post, but it was the right post.
After kicking it out, Garcia hugged her head with both hands, looking incredible.
Both sides had to play the seventh penalty!
Chapter completed!