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Chapter 442 The favorite to win the championship - England

In the quarter-finals of Portugal VS Italy, the two teams played against each other for nearly 10 minutes, just when everyone thought that the game was going to be overtime.

Even the head coaches of both sides began to take out the tactical board, and when they were about to study the tactics of the overtime game and the adjustment of substitutions, a huge change occurred on the field.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been exhausted. He has not participated in the defense of the Portuguese team. After all, he is 39 years old. He needs to use his limited physical fitness to attack.

Until the No.807 minute of the game, B Fei suddenly made continuous breakthroughs in the middle, and shot an angry shot in front of the penalty area, and the football went straight to the goal.

At this time, everyone stopped and looked towards the goal, but only one person did not stop, but stood out from the crowd and rushed towards the goal.

At this moment, the defenders of the Italian team woke up like a dream, but they had already stopped, and it was impossible to lift them up again so soon.

B Fei's shot angle was not tricky, but there was a drop in front of the goal, and it bounced off the ground, causing goalkeeper Donnarumma to make a mistake in judgment, and there was a huge problem with his hand shape.

Originally, he wanted to hug the football, but the bouncing football made his retracted hands a step slower. As a result, the football hit his chest and bounced out.

The panicked Donnarumma rushed forward, trying to hook the football with his hands, but at this moment, Ronaldo, who had already started, stretched out his long legs like a magic soldier, and with a light touch, the football flew past Donnarumma's hand.

1:0, the Portuguese team leads!

However, the players of the Italian team all raised their arms, indicating that Ronaldo's goal was offside.

Ronaldo looked at the line referee, but the line referee did not raise the flag, but the referee did not immediately decide that the goal was valid.

This made the players on both sides nervous.

Is the goal valid, or is there offside first?
The referee communicated with the video referee and decided to watch the video replay.

When we came to the video area, the referee put on his earphones and carefully watched the video playback.

In fact, what needs to be judged in this video playback is very simple, that is, whether Ronaldo is in an offside position at the moment B Fei shoots the goal.

Slowly played twice in a row, the referee clarified Ronaldo's position at that time and made his own judgment.

The goal counts.

Because although it seems that Ronaldo ran to the football faster than others, but at the moment B Fei shot, Ronaldo was still one step away from the opponent's last defender.

This goal directly killed the game.

After the goal, the Portuguese team returned to defense across the board and firmly held the victory.

Relying on Ronaldo's lore goal again, the Portuguese team survived the danger and advanced to the semi-finals.

And Ronaldo also raised his total number of goals to 17.

However, the Portuguese team has been criticized by the domestic media. Ronaldo is already 39 years old. These young people are still unable to carry the heavy responsibility of the team. The end of all offenses depends on this man.

When Ronaldo was interviewed after the game, his face was pale and he looked out of breath, which made people feel distressed.

He is no longer that boy with a bicycle, and now he has shown his old age, which makes people sigh with emotion.

However, soon, everyone's attention was drawn to the next day's game.

July 7, 4:18.

The quarter-finals of the second half of the European Cup have begun.

Netherlands VS Belgium.

The performance of the Dutch team this year can be said to be beyond the expectations of many people.

The Dutch team is no longer as star-studded as the former Dutch team.

Among the current stars in the team, Depay, De Jong, De Ligt, Wijnaldum, and Van der Beek are all considered very good players, but I always feel that this team lacks a player who can make a final decision.

And in this European Cup, the final player seems to have appeared.

Depay.

After a year of experience in Barcelona, ​​Depay seems to have started his own road to superstardom.

In this European Cup, Depay has scored five goals, ranking No.2 in the scoring list.

Depay is the sharpest spear in this Dutch team.

The spear of the Belgian team is naturally the reborn Lukaku. In the four games, Lukaku also scored four goals, ranking third in the scoring list.

This time, the meeting of two teams with outstanding offensive styles in the European Cup should be able to bring everyone a visual feast.

However, what is disappointing is that these two teams played very conservatively at the beginning. Both Depay and Lukaku were at the top. They used their personal abilities to create a lot of opportunities, but there were no goals.

The two teams just played for 90 minutes of regular time, 30 minutes of overtime, and no goals were scored.

Penalty shootout.

This is also the first penalty shootout of this European Cup.

It stands to reason that in the World Series, penalty shootouts are very common in the knockout rounds, but the first penalty shootout occurred in the quarter-finals of this European Cup.

In the first four free throws, players from both sides made all hits.

Belgium's last appearance was Lukaku.

With a change of rhythm, Lukaku tricked the opponent's goalkeeper and scored the ball into the goal.

This time, all the pressure came to the Dutch team.

Last for the Netherlands was their captain, Wijnaldum.

Courtois stood in front of the goal, watching his old rival in the league, judging which direction the opponent would kick.

With a whistle, Wijnaldum started to run up. When he reached the football, he pushed and shot, but as soon as the ball left, he looked ahead in horror.

Because Courtois has perfectly judged the angle of his shot, and the quality of Wijnaldum's penalty kick is very poor, it can be said to be the goalkeeper's favorite half-high ball.

There was a flash of heat in Courtois' eyes, and his fists knocked Wijnaldum's penalty away.

Looking at the penalty kick that was hit out of the penalty area, Wijnaldum seemed to have lost his soul and stood there blankly, while Courtois jumped up and rushed to the middle circle, hugging tightly with the players of the Belgian team who rushed up.

Through the penalty shootout, the Belgian team became the third team to advance to the semi-finals.

At 21:00, the last strong match in the quarter-finals of the European Cup attracted the attention of countless fans around the world.

Spanish team.

England team.

The names of these two teams will always be associated with words like strong teams and championships.

Especially the England team, whether it is the European Cup or the World Cup, in the pre-match predictions, the England team has always been the favorite to win the championship.

But England have not won a World Cup or European Cup since their home World Cup in 1966.

(End of this chapter)