The green devil

On July 7, Zhao Yang arrived in Paris, France one day earlier.

He first went to Paris Saint-Germain's home stadium, the Parc des Princes, signed a skill point, and then went back to the hotel to rest, waiting to watch the European Cup final the next day.

Luckily, Prince Park Stadium has deep ball skills, and Zhao Yang signed a very practical free kick skill "banana ball."

The name is very vulgar and popular, and fans who can kick two feet will know this skill.

But there are not many professional players who can kick banana ball wherever they want, let alone fans.

And the banana ball that Zhao Yang signed gave Zhao Yang the skill to hit where to hit, but the strength and speed depended on Zhao Yang's physical fitness.

This time he came to Paris to watch the game, worried about being harassed by reporters and fans, Zhao Yang did not bring anyone with him.

However, when he entered the Stade de France the next day, Zhao Yang was still recognized by the fans.

After all, a yellow-skinned Chinese man is too eye-catching.

"Zhao Yang!"

"That's Zhao Yang!"

"Really are!"

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Immediately, several fans came over to ask Zhao Yang to sign and take a group photo.

The reporter who was shooting at the stadium also noticed the excitement here and turned the camera to this side.

Seeing that Zhao Yang is the most dazzling new star in today's football, several reporters immediately came to the stands to interview Zhao Yang on the spot.

But Zhao Yang has no intention of accepting interviews now, and just dealt with it casually, because after arriving at the stadium, he heard the call from the system, "Qiu Yun has been detected, do you want to sign in?"

After all the fans and reporters left, Zhao Yang could sit there quietly and wait for the game to start.

The finalists are the host team France and Portugal. It is not yet the game time. The two teams have warmed up and returned to the locker room, but they have not yet come out.

The system was still waiting, so Zhao Yang quickly chose to sign in.

"Congratulations to the host, successfully signed at the Stade de France, and obtained the football skill 'Twisting the Ox's Tail'."

The oxtail dribble is the top-level breakthrough technique on the football field that is most likely to confuse and end the defensive player's ankle, and it is also the easiest technique to end the ball holder's own ankle.

This is a killer move exclusively for football geniuses with excellent ball sense. Even geniuses like Messi and Ronaldo have never dared to use such a breakthrough stunt.

It once belonged exclusively to the Brazilian elf Ronaldinho.

And now, Zhao Yang got it from the system.

Zhao Yang was in a very happy mood. He wished he could go to the stadium right now to show the world the skill of "swinging the bull's tail" and let the fans know that there are successors to this difficult technique.

But when Zhao Yang was thinking about the beauty, the 2016 European Cup finals began.

Although there is the emperor superstar Ronaldo, but before the final, Portugal was not favored.

In the regular time of this European Cup, Portugal's record is 1 win and 5 draws, and the group has three consecutive draws, ranking third.

If it weren't for the modification of the qualifying rules this year, Portugal would have been out of the group.

In the eighth finals and quarter finals, they drew with Croatia and Poland, and it was difficult to advance through overtime and penalty kicks.

The only thing that is a little convincing is the semi-final against Wales, Portugal won 2:0 and advanced to the final.

Portugal's final opponent, the host French team, had 5 wins and 1 draw in six games, and defeated the favorite German team 2:0 in the semifinals.

At this time, as long as the brain is not flooded, no one is optimistic about the Portuguese winning the championship.

After the game started, the situation on the court was as one-sided as the pre-match odds.

Relying on their midfield advantage, the French team firmly controlled the situation on the field.

Moussa Sissoko on the right side of France was eye-catching, advancing vertically almost as if he was in no man's land. Under the oppression of the French team's frontcourt, the Portuguese team made more mistakes. The French team also repeatedly threatened Portugal's goal. Griezmann , Giroud all had good scoring opportunities, but they were all resolved by the brave Portuguese goalkeeper Patricio.

In order to avoid conceding the ball, Portugal set up a bus formation at the beginning. In addition to the four defenders standing in the penalty area to defend, the midfielder William Carvalho and Joao Mario were also guarding the penalty area. The French team could not play against Portugal. The restricted area is passed.The Portuguese team protected the penalty area, retreated deep in the midfield, and cleared the siege with big feet after getting the ball. They looked for Ronaldo and Nani in the frontcourt. off.

Perhaps God was testing the Portuguese. In the 18th minute of the game, Ronaldo fell to the ground without confrontation and was finally carried out on a stretcher. The Portuguese had to replace Ronaldo who was injured on the field with Quares.

Quaresma came off the bench, Portugal suddenly changed and changed to 4-2-3-1, Nani was at the forefront, and began to focus on possession, pass with peace of mind, and create opportunities.

In the last 5 minutes of the first half, the Portuguese's counterattack with the ball received miraculous effects, and he could use the counterattack to threaten the French team's goal from time to time.

At this time, no one is optimistic about Portugal. Everyone thinks that the Portuguese cannot defend. As long as the French team advances by one goal, the Portuguese's psychological defense will immediately collapse.

In the second half, the French team still had an absolute advantage, but they failed to score, and the last kick always went wrong.

In the 78th minute, seeing that the team was constantly under siege, the Portuguese coach simply replaced the team's only center Eder, completely abandoned the midfield and played 901 tactics.

Facing Portugal's iron barrel formation, France had no choice but to frequently bombard Portugal's goal with high balls, but the Portuguese goalkeeper Patricio performed well and resolved the French team's offensive many times.

France had their best chance in stoppage time when Gignac hit the post.

Portugal can drag the French team into extra time is already a victory.

Seeing this, Zhao Yang firmly believed that if the Hua Guo team wanted to break through the siege in the top 12, they had to learn from Portugal's style of play and resolutely play defensive counterattacks.

Overtime

Due to the decline in the physical fitness of both sides, Portugal changed to a safe pass-and-control style of play, and simple passes to each other.On the French side, also due to physical problems, they were unable to carry out high-intensity pressing, which also allowed Portugal to pass freely in the midfield.Because of Ed's characteristics, he can act as a fulcrum in the frontcourt and play for his teammates. Portugal's offensive gradually picked up.

In the 109th minute, Edel received a pass from Moutinho, took a step across, suddenly turned around and shot, the ball hit the ground and went straight to the dead corner of the goal. French goalkeeper Lloris had nothing to do with this shot.

1:0 Portuguese lead the French.

In the end, France went all out, but with the high level of defense led by Pepe and Fonte, and the excellent performance of goalkeeper Patricio, the French team still couldn't knock on the door of Portugal.

After 120 minutes of fierce fighting, Portugal finally won the first European Cup trophy in team history.

This game gave Zhao Yang a lot of inspiration and gave him more confidence. This final made Zhao Yang feel that he really has the opportunity to lead the Hua Guo team to the World Cup finals.