Chapter 106 China VS Portugal

China has advanced to the finals, and another team will be formed between Portugal and Croatia. These two teams have never reached the World Cup finals. Whoever wins will make history. Both teams include Dong Fangzhuo's friends, Cristiano Ronaldo and Modric.

Before the game, Dong Fangzhuo also interacted with the two of them on Twitter, and he x-on:them respectively.

"Are you two ready? I'm ready to comfort one and congratulate the other. No matter what the result of the game is, I hope our friendship will last forever."

Cristiano Ronaldo and Modric responded.

Ronaldo said: "I am ready to comfort him with you." The words were full of absolute confidence, and the subtext was obvious, that is, Portugal will definitely advance, and he and Dong Fangzhuo will comfort Modric who failed.

Modric has nothing to do, he is only a midfielder, and the other two guys are the number one and two forwards in the world. They definitely have an advantage. His response was very humorous: "Well, I'm ready on the bench. If you can't do it, I'll do it."

Whether it was the Eusebio era or Figo's golden generation, Portugal had never reached the World Cup finals. This time Cristiano Ronaldo leads the team alone and will face new history. He is extremely eager to complete this at the end of his career. A feat, winning the European Cup two years ago, now it’s time to launch an attack on the World Cup.

This was not the case with Modric's Croatian siege. At the age of thirteen, he sat in front of the TV and witnessed Croatia making history in the 1998 World Cup. Twenty years later, he personally led the team to reach the same height. Now it is like reaching the finals in a record setting.

It was tacitly understood that everyone was heading towards the same goal.

The two teams collided in the 2016 European Cup, but Portugal, led by Ronaldo, defeated Croatia 1:0. But it was Ronaldo who indirectly assisted Quaresma to score in the 117th minute of overtime.

Today, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the two teams once again staged a collision between Mars and the Earth. Portugal has won all 4 games against Croatia in history, scoring 7 goals and not conceding a single goal.

Croatia tried to control the game from the start, with a ball possession rate of 90% in the first 5 minutes. The rhythm of the game was frequently interrupted by fouls. Although both teams liked to play defensively, Croatia played more holistically. But the European Cup champion Portugal just showed weakness and gave more ball rights to Croatia. This is what happened when they played France in the European Cup.

In fact, neither side had any decent opportunities in the first 25 minutes. It was not until the 26th minute that Portugal finally got an opportunity to attack in the frontcourt.

Seat B dribbled the ball straight in from the right, and was knocked down by Barcelona star Rakitic before he scored, giving Portugal a chance to get a free kick. Ronaldo habitually stood in front of the ball and hit an elevator ball with his right foot. The ball drew a wonderful arc and flew into the upper right corner of the door, 1:0.

This is purely a display of the star's personal abilities.

Even Lineker of Sky Sports had to sigh:

"It is said that football is now played as a whole, but superstars still play an absolute role."

"Whether it's China or Portugal, they both have superstars who decide the game. Dong and Ronaldo both interpret their huge role in the team."

“Opportunities that others could not seize were seized by them.”

After taking the lead, Portugal played more conservatively and used a lot of tactics in the backcourt. Croatia came out in full force.

Modric and his teammates tried their best to equalize the score, but Croatia, known as the world's best midfielder Modric and Rakitic, were never able to score. Modric, Rakitic, Perisic, and Mandzukic tested the Portuguese goalkeeper with shots one after another, but in the end they could only end the first half 0:1.

Dong Fangzhuo and all members of the national team sat in the hotel conference room and watched the game from beginning to end. Dong Fangzhuo also served as a temporary commentator and has been analyzing the two teams.

"Portugal has experience in the European Cup finals and their defense is too stable. They may keep defending. The draw with Spain in the first group stage also gave them strong confidence."

"Although Croatia lost a goal, they are playing better and better, but they are suffering physically. They have played overtime twice in a row."

"If Portugal can withstand the first 20 minutes of the second half, Croatia will probably be on the ropes. Portugal is really annoying. They are getting more and more mature."

"Once the opponent in the final is Portugal, it will be more difficult than Croatia."

"Pay attention to Seat B and Guedes. If Cristiano Ronaldo is prevented from dying, they are the two biggest sources of support for counterattack."

"On the Croatian side, Modric, Perisic and Mandzukic are leading the attack, but Rakitic is not a big threat. These three are like taking expired medicine..."

After changing sides and fighting again, Croatia launched a 15-minute fierce attack, but it was still the same as the first half, with only thunder but no rain, and the goal was always just a little short of the mark.

In the 63rd minute, Croatia had a great opportunity to equalize. Unfortunately, Mandzukic's header fouled first and the goal was invalid. Five minutes later, Perisic broke into the penalty area and fell, but the referee refused to take a penalty kick. The plot seems to be going in the direction envisioned by the Portuguese.

The head coaches of both sides began to mobilize their troops after 70 minutes, working hard for the final sprint. With the decline in physical fitness, Croatia lost control of the midfield. Portugal gained more and more time on the ball, but they still did not press out to play. Croatia's offense was powerless. Rakitic, Perry The roaring engines of Xic and Modric finally fell silent.

At the last moment, Modric sprinted wildly with the ball in the middle, but when he rushed to the Portuguese penalty area and took a long shot, his ball went directly to the corner flag, and then he cramped. He fought hard to the end. There is nothing a world-class veteran can do...

Portugal kept the 1:0 score until the last second. At the end of the game, they defeated Croatia with one goal just like 2 years ago, and reached the World Cup finals historically. They finally competed with the Chinese team for the 2018 Hercules Cup.

China VS Portugal, this is the last game of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Dong Fangzhuo vs. SC Luo, this is the biggest collision this summer.

As for the final ending of the story? That will have to wait until four days later. At that time, it will be the final story of this World Cup...