Chapter Five Hundred and Sixty First Behind

In the 18th minute, the Brazilian team got a great opportunity. Ricardo took the ball at the front of the penalty area and shot suddenly with his foot instead of his usual pocket shot.

The speed of the ball was very fast, but Muslera's reaction was also very fast, hitting the ball with both fists.

Rico grabbed the spot and immediately crossed the ball. Gilberto Silva slammed the goal hard in the penalty area. At this time, Muslera hadn't returned to his position, but unfortunately he shot the ball high.

In the 20th minute, Ricardo took the ball from the left and did not dribble himself. Instead, he handed the ball to the middle. Land, threw the ball.

However, he didn't hit the ball far. Ronaldo appeared in front of the ball like a ghost, and completed the shot before the defender destroyed it.

But if Muslera had a miracle at this moment, he immediately got up from the ground, made an extreme second save, and hit the ball again.

The football still didn't fly far. When it reached the edge of the penalty area, Baptista raised his leg and shot.

The commentator was stunned by this scene. He shouted incredible three times, "Unbelievable! This is the greatest save I have ever seen. Muslera turned into Spider-Man and tried to keep the goal clean! The Brazilian team's consecutive All three shots were of high quality and Muslera made incredible three saves in a row! Incredible!"

If it was in a football game, Muslera would definitely score a perfect 10 at this moment.

Muslera's three consecutive saves gave the Uruguayan players great confidence. They made several quality counterattacks in a row. However, the defensive players of the Brazilian team were very focused today and did not give them a chance to kick in the penalty area. .

Seeing that Uruguay's morale was up, the Brazilian team began to retreat, slowly falling back and entering the rhythm they are most familiar with.

In order to avoid the opponent's brutal defense, Ricardo also retreated to the midfield. After more than 20 minutes of the game, his socks had already been torn, with blood oozing out. This was the only time he tried to break through with the ball when he was pulled down and kicked by M-Pere.

The Brazilian team still tries to take advantage of the sudden change of rhythm to attack, but Uruguay's defensive formation is kept quite dense. Even the midfielder A-Pereira often returns to the penalty area, and only Forlan and Cava are often really involved in the attack. There are two people in Nigeria, so it is difficult for the Brazilian team to find space to attack.

The game time flies by.

Ricardo tried another breakthrough, passed two people in a row and then shot from a small angle,

Muslera was very solid and kept the ball firmly under him.

Ronaldo and Kaka also had a shot each, but the chances were not particularly good, and Muslera steadily resolved the danger.

"Now the game has progressed to the 40th minute, and the score is still 0:0. The Brazilian team has some advantages and has had several very threatening shots. The current shooting statistics are that the Brazilian team has 8 shots and 6 shots on target. Uruguay 1 shot, no shot on target. Uruguay has few offenses. In terms of ball possession time, Brazil's possession rate once reached 70%, and now it is stable at around 64%. Corner kicks, Brazil 4 times, Uruguay 2 times, the number of fouls , Brazil 9 times, Uruguay has reached 21 times, Brazil has not received a yellow card, Uruguay has received 4 yellow cards." The commentator reported the data boringly.

"The Uruguayans relied on fierce fighting and Muslera's incredible performance to maintain the tie in the first half. Uruguay attack, they only have Cavani and Forlan to attack, the threat is not big...Franco Pass Juan, shoot! goalllllllll! He scored his 4th goal in this World Cup! 3 of them were from long range!"

"In the 41st minute of the game, Forlan opened the scoring for Uruguay with a long shot from 30 meters away! This is Uruguay's second shot in this game. The first shot was on target and scored! This The ball rubbed against Juan's leg, and there was a weird arc, Cesar made a mistake in his judgment and moved in the wrong direction, and could only watch helplessly as the football went into the net from the opposite direction!"

"This is the first time that the Brazilian team has fallen behind in this World Cup! The Brazilians need heroes to stand up now. Ricardo, Ronaldo, Kaka, Maicon, Baptista, who can save the situation for Brazil?"

Brazil's players also seemed impatient because of this unexpected conceded goal. In the last few minutes of the first half, although Ricardo tried to control the rhythm of the game, other players wanted to attack quickly, resulting in very poor quality of attack. , always bumped into Uruguay's iron walled defense and was smashed to pieces.

With a score of 0:1, the two sides entered the intermission.

In the locker room of the Brazilian team, Dunga glanced around the players before saying: "I am not satisfied with this score."

His voice was like a cold spring, which made the players chill.

"We are a team that aspires to win the championship, but we were led by a team that is not very strong. Uruguay can enter the semi-finals, there is a factor of strength, but I think the bigger factor is luck. I think I can win They had three goals. But today, you didn't do enough."

He looked at Ricardo and fired at the current top scorer in the team: "I know you are afraid of getting hurt and missing the final. But if we lose to Uruguay, there will be no final. In the second half, will you fight? ? If you don’t dare to fight, tell me, and I’ll replace you to rest, there are many players waiting for the chance to play.”

Robinho squeezed his fist. He has only played a few tens of minutes off the bench in this cup.

"I will satisfy you, sir." Ricardo had no intention of confronting Dunga.

"Ronnie, the defense is tight and I need a striker who runs more aggressively. If you can't do that, I'll let Luiz try."

"Understood, sir," Ronaldo said helplessly, "isn't it just to run more, simple."

"Rich, your problem is the same as Ricardo's. Don't play the game if you are afraid of getting injured. As long as you participate in the game, there is a risk of injury. How about it? Do you want to come down and rest?"

Kaka pursed her lips tightly and shook her head. He was ashamed.

After shooting at several big-name players, Dunga turned his firepower to other players, especially the two 34-year-old veterans Gilberto and Gilberto Silva. Their defense in the first half was useless.

In the end, Dunga concluded: "Uruguay is lucky today. If we were lucky, we would not be behind. Now we should be leading 1:1, or 2:1. But we don't have this luck. But I always firmly believe that even if we Bad luck, we can reach the final by pure strength. Gentlemen, we are Brazil! We cannot tolerate failure! Go and kill them for me!"

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