Football King Bale

June 21, 2012, was destined to be a sleepless night for 2.89 million Welsh people.

Wales beat Portugal 2-1 at the National Arena in Warsaw, sparking a burst of jubilation from fans across the country.

At the post-match press conference, Portuguese coach Bento said in an interview with the media: "We didn't lose to Wales, we lost to Bale."

What a feat for one person to defeat the mighty Portugal? What's more, this team is still led by another top three superstar in the world!

Portugal, which was eliminated by Wales, also set an embarrassing record: it fell to the first round of the knockout round for three consecutive World Series!

As we all know, the Portuguese team cannot be regarded as a champion in European football, not only because the Portuguese team has never won the World Cup and European Cup, but also because Portuguese football has always been unable to rank among the top football events for a long time .

Portugal was a major contender in the Eusebio era, but after that, Portuguese football sank for a long time. From 1990 to 1998, Portugal was absent from three consecutive World Cups; in the 1988 and 1992 European Cups, Portugal also failed to break through the qualifiers.

Until 1996, when the Portuguese team entered the European Cup under the leadership of the "golden generation" such as Rui Costa, Figo, Paulo Sosa, and Cotto, and successfully qualified for the knockout round, the world saw Portuguese football. A glimmer of hope out of the doldrums.

However, facing the "Platinum Generation" Czech team with Nedved, Poboski and Kuka, the Portuguese team was eliminated by Poboski with a chic lob.

It can be said that that battle delayed the rise of Portuguese football. After that, Portugal missed the 1998 World Cup. It was not until 2000 that the Portuguese team was completely out of underestimation. Since then, it has steadily participated in every world-class competition.

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In fact, the Portuguese team reached the final of the 2004 European Cup and the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup. But in that team, the old players such as Figo and Deco played a vital role.

After these veterans faded out, the Portuguese team was eliminated in the first round of the knockout rounds in the 2008 European Cup and the 2010 World Cup, losing to Germany and Spain successively.

Finally today, with the continuation of Ronaldo's bravery, and the further maturity of Moutinho and Coentrao, the strength of Portuguese football is stronger than that of 2 and 4 years ago. This time, the Portuguese team really sees It's a precious opportunity to rush to the championship.

No matter who it is, no one thought that such a powerful Portuguese team would be eliminated in the face of Wales, a rookie who advanced to the European Cup finals for the first time in team history. Because in the Portuguese team, the new generation of players such as Ronaldo, Nani, Coentrao and Pepe have become world-class stars, while the Welsh team has only a few players such as Bell and Ramsey playing in the mainstream league. The strength gap between the two teams is so large, it is only natural for Portugal to advance.

But to everyone's surprise, Bell's Wales will be the one who advances in the end!

From the scene of the game, Portugal has achieved an overwhelming advantage. Their possession rate was as high as 71%, almost four times that of Wales. As for shots, Portugal is also 20 times far ahead of Wales' 5 times.

However, in terms of results, it cannot be said that Wales was lucky enough to beat Portugal, it can only be said that Wales beat Portugal with high efficiency.

Six of Portugal's 20 shots were on target and two hit the woodwork, yet only scored one goal. Wales scored 2 goals with 5 shots and 2 hits. The other 3 shots also hit the goal frame 2 times, and only one missed the target, and they were not too far away.

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For this game, the Portuguese can't blame bad luck. But for Ronaldo, his luck is too bad.

After two shots against the Dutch team were blocked by the post, Ronaldo, who is worth 90 million, went out of the post twice when facing the Welsh team. Portugal's top star has had "intimate dialogues" with the goalposts 4 times, more times than the other 15 teams in this European Cup (3 times in Sweden and 2 times in the Netherlands). The Portuguese team's 6 shots were blocked by the goal post and thus created a single center post record in the European Cup finals.

If you enter the keywords of Liverpool goalposts in the search engine now, you will easily find the complete highlights of the 33 goalposts of the "Red Army" season. Of course, the Liverpool team had bad luck in the 2011-2012 season, but the Portuguese team also showed signs of being possessed by Liverpool in the European Cup. After 6 times in the qualifiers, the Portuguese team hit the goal post 6 more times after 4 games in the finals. Among them, Ronaldo contributed 4 times in the last two games.

Is it a character problem or just bad luck?

In half-time stoppage time, Cristiano Ronaldo received a pass from Pepe, stopped the ball in the chest, turned around and wiped Kadlec, and then made a strong volley with his right foot. The ball hit the bottom of the right post and popped out, which means that the Portuguese team has become a European champion. The fourth team in history with five goalposts in a single session has already tied the historical record.

However, Ronaldo seems to be addicted to the center post. In the 49th minute of the second half, Ronaldo took a free kick 25 meters away.

This also means that the Portuguese team, which has been in close contact with the goal post 6 times, has set a record for the center post in a single session of the European Cup.

As of the end of the game between Wales and Portugal, the number of goals in this European Cup has also been increased to 19. Because at the end of the game, the Welsh team, which made a strong counterattack, was not far behind in terms of the number of shots on the goal, and they hit the goal frame twice in one minute.

At that moment, Bell was a little skeptical of life: God doesn't want him to break Platini's single European Cup scoring record and win this European Cup's assist king, right?

Because of Wales' two combos on the door frame this time, Bell lost an assist and a goal!

The two teams hit the goal post four times in a game, which also made the goal post an important factor that both sides had to mention in this game.

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Although it was a good thing to be broken by the door frame, Bell was still the absolute focus of the National Arena in Warsaw this night. It was his one shot and one pass that helped the team beat Portugal.

Portugal's Real Madrid star defender Pepe sighed after the game: "No one can stop Bale. As a great player, he has almost no weaknesses. It is almost impossible to keep him throughout the game. He played again today. It proves it."

Pepe's words are not false, the speed of the wind, the breakthrough as sharp as a knife, the pass as precise as guidance, and the shot that is almost every shot... On the football field, Bale is omnipotent.

If before today, people would say that heading is one of Bell's weaknesses, but after today, no one would dare to say such a thing, because in this game, Bell played against C Luo shot a header in front of him that could be called earth-shattering.

It is undeniable that Ronaldo is definitely one of the few air fighters in football today, which is brought about by the wonderful headers he scored in his career.

In today's game, Ronaldo scored Portugal's only goal with a header. In the 79th minute, Moutinho made a pass, and Ronaldo jumped in front of the opponent's defender at high speed. The Welsh goalkeeper Hennessy, who was almost impeccable throughout the game, responded the rebound ball the fastest, but also powerless.

This goal allowed Ronaldo to tie the record of header goals in the European Cup finals held by the legendary England striker Alan Shearer: 3 goals!

However, just 10 minutes later, Bell overwhelmed Ronaldo and scored a stunning header in front of Portugal's goal.

Statistics show that in that header attack, the height of the highest point of Bell's head from the ground reached a terrifying 3.15 meters!

This means that at that moment, Bell's vertical take-off height reached 1.3 meters!

And Ronaldo, who unfortunately became Bell's background board, also reached a vertical take-off height of 1.22 meters at that moment. This kind of jumping ability is absolutely amazing even in the NBA, which is famous for its many springs. In direct competition, he was completely defeated!

The only regret is that such a near-perfect header was rejected by the goal frame of the Warsaw National Arena, otherwise it might really become the most exciting header goal in the history of the European Cup.

Of course, for Ronaldo, this is the luck of his misfortune, otherwise it would be too miserable for such a super air fighter to be the background board of this historical goal.

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Since becoming famous in football, Bell has been known for his stable state and getting stronger when he meets the strong. The same is true of this European Cup. After bringing Wales into the finals for the first time in history in the qualifiers and play-offs, in the previous group stage, he once again almost single-handedly brought Wales to the finals. Brought into the knockout round, he really took on the important task of the leader of the Welsh team.

In the group stage, after losing in the first round, Bell led Wales to a desperate counterattack. Two consecutive victories sent the previous promotion favorite Russia back to his hometown; in the game against Portugal, Bell was at an absolute disadvantage when the team was at a disadvantage. , 2:1 Lectra against the Portuguese team led by former Manchester United brother Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before the start of the game, many media have hyped that this game will be the decisive battle for this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, because in the club's competition, Bell is already in an absolute advantage over Ronaldo and Messi, which makes the European Cup The game became Ronaldo's last hope to reverse Bell. If Ronaldo wants to win the highest individual honor in world football again after four years, defeating Bell will become the only possibility.

But after the 90-minute game, Ronaldo was completely defeated, which also made this year's Golden Globe competition almost lose suspense.

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