Chapter 617: A Sharp Turn for the Worse

Half a minute after the game restarted, referee Rocky blew the whistle to end the first half.

The cheers and celebrations in the stands did not stop because of the whistle, and the Portuguese fans were extremely excited.

"Cristiano Ronaldo, the 33-year-old Portuguese captain, scored twice to help Portugal lead Spain 2:1 at halftime!" Andy Gray shouted.

"Santos' Portugal showed everyone their offensive football, especially the second goal. The entire scoring process was like offensive art, speed, breakthrough, wonderful passing coordination, shooting, follow-up shots, the entire scoring process Not giving the Spaniards any chance!" said the commentator of Abola TV, Portugal's largest sports TV station, emotionally.

In Portugal's home team locker room, Santos was in high spirits. He praised every player: "Well done! Very good! Listen to the cheers in the stands and look at the Spaniards' disappointed and incredible expressions. They were beaten by us. "I was stunned."

"In the second half, we continued to play like this!" Santos said.

"Coach, did we win this game?" Bernardo Silva shouted excitedly.

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Everyone was also stimulated by this question. They looked at their head coach excitedly. This was a very simple arithmetic problem. Although they could draw the conclusion themselves, they still wanted to get the answer from the head coach. It's like the answer to such a simple question from this person's mouth will have a different kind of magic.

"Yes, according to the score, we will be the one who wins the game." Santos answered in the affirmative.

The locker room cheered.

"But, I hope you don't think about winning the game, don't think about it so much." Santos looked serious, "The reason why we played so well in the first half is because we didn't think about it so much, we didn't think about it so much." There are so many distracting thoughts. What we have to do now is just like the first half, don’t think so much and be ourselves. As for the outcome, you have to believe that God will help those who help themselves!”

Some people listened, while others were still immersed in joy and thinking about winning the game.

Santos has no good solution for this. People are thinking animals and have ideas. At this time, it is impossible not to think about winning the game. Santos can only hope that this will not have a negative impact on the players' game state and psychology. have a negative impact on.

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In the visiting team's locker room, the atmosphere was a bit dull.

"Today was really weird," said central defender Pique. "We couldn't score no matter how hard we shot, but they scored when they shot."

"Yes, yes, Isco hit the doorframe twice. This is too bad luck."

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The Spanish players were talking a lot. What they were struggling with was not Portugal's two goals. The opponent's two goals were very exciting. They were unhappy at most, but what made them most depressed was that their luck was too bad. Spain shot 15 times in the first half, without scoring a single goal, and hit the goalpost twice, while Portugal shot seven times and scored two goals.

"Okay, don't think about the first half." Hierro clapped his hands and said, "Although our luck was not very good in the first half, it also shows that we have no problem ourselves, we just have bad luck. So in the second half of the game, as long as we have a little better luck, scoring is not a problem and winning is not a problem.”

Hierro is right. With Spain's strength and condition, as long as their luck is no longer so bad, they are confident of scoring goals and winning.

But there is one thought that lingers in the minds of the Spanish players: What if the game does not turn out well in the second half and is still so evil?

Don't underestimate this psychological impact. If Spain has one or two inevitable goals in the second half of the game and fails due to luck, the players' psychological pressure and confusion will only become more intense.

Hierro did not make any adjustments to the team's lineup. As he said, the team fell behind 1:2 in the first half. It was not their own fault but bad luck, so there was nothing that needed to be adjusted.

Not only does the lineup not need to be adjusted, but there is nothing that needs to be changed in terms of tactics. Spain's fifteen shots on goal data shows everything. There is no problem with the team.

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Before the start of the second half, Hierro comforted the somewhat depressed Isco: "Don't think so much. No matter how bad your luck is, you can't hit the door three times. Come on in the second half!"

Isco nodded dullly. He was a little depressed, but the coach was right. Hitting the goalpost twice was unheard of unlucky, and it couldn't get any worse.

At the beginning of the second half, Spain showed their football on the field.

In the 53rd minute, David Silva picked a set ball from the center of the frontcourt into the penalty area. Busquets headed the ball from the right in the penalty area. Costa followed up and scored in front of the goal. Spain equalized the score.

The Spaniard was inspired by such a quick equalizer and his performance became even better. Just four minutes later, Nacho volleyed the ball from the right outside the penalty area. The ball hit the post and bounced into the net. Spain reversed the score 3:2.

It also hit the door frame, but Nacho's goal frame made the Spanish players ecstatic. After being denied two goals by the goal frame in the first half, this third goal frame made the Spanish players really feel that their luck had really turned!

The Portuguese were a little confused by the loss of two goals in a short period of time, and their performance also fluctuated greatly. Spain's advantage on the field became more and more obvious, and even put continuous pressure on Portugal's goal.

This also made the Portuguese players impatient.

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Portugal coach Santos finally couldn't sit still. He made two substitutions in the 67th minute of the game. Joao Mario replaced Moutinho, and Quaresma replaced Bernardo Silva.

After the substitution, Portugal also completed the formation change and switched back to their most familiar 433. Bruno returned to his most familiar front midfielder position, Joao Mario and William Carvalho formed a double back midfielder, and Ronaldo, Guedes and Quaresma formed a front trident.

Santos is going to make a desperate fight!

Almost at the same time, Hierro also made substitutions. Veteran Iniesta was replaced and Thiago came on as a substitute. Hierro is continuing to strengthen midfield control and intends to steadily turn the advantage on the field into a winning advantage.

"Both sides made adjustments. Hierro replaced veteran Iniesta with Thiago. On the Portuguese side, Joao Mario and Quaresma also came on as substitutes. It is obvious that Spain wants to stabilize the situation and secure promotion, while Portugal only needs one goal to equalize the score, which also gives them hope of a comeback!" said Andy Gray happily.