thefictionvixens Chapter 306
Chapter 306
In the other 14-final match in the first half, Brazil defeated dark horse Colombia, and the hosts had advanced to the semi-finals.
In a sense, five-star Brazil has always been second only to Portugal in the call for the title.
However, now that Portugal and Brazil have met in the semi-finals, why is Portugal lucky again?
The reason is simple!
Brazil is already in ruins!
In the match against Colombia, Neymar was directly hit by Colombian defender Zunija and was taken directly from the court to the hospital.
Upon examination, Neymar was diagnosed with a ruptured third vertebrae injury.
Although surgery is not required, it is necessary to stay in bed for a period of time.
"The minimum recovery period is four to six weeks, and you must not play football for four months" - these are the words of the Brazilian team doctor.
Say goodbye to this World Cup.
This is not a deliberate deceitful smoke bomb.
Even if Scolari's Brazil wanted to play some tricks, it would never be so extreme.
After all, Brazil only eliminated Colombia 2-1, and the score was not safe.
If Neymar is deliberately replaced to confuse Portugal, Brazil risks being equalised by Colombia or even reversed the game.
That's extreme!
And in the previous life, Xu Ning also remembered that Neymar did bid farewell to the World Cup because of this injury.
So, Neymar's injury must be real.
Even if it's not that serious, there is no need to rest for four months, but this World Cup will definitely not play again.
You know, Neymar is the only superstar in this civilian Brazil.
Not only the core of the attack, but also the banner player.
Only he gave the Brazilian team the confidence to compete with the European giants.
Now that Neymar is out, Brazil have no players to play.
And that's not all about Brazil's bad luck.
Rear leader Thiago Silva received a yellow card in the match and was suspended for two yellow cards, adding to the fact that he will miss the semi-final
against Portugal!
One in front and one after the two cores are missing, Brazil takes the lead against Portugal?
For this reason, many fans sympathize with Brazil and even feel ridiculous.
Portugal's luck is too good!
The semi-final faced a Brazil that lost two cores, one front and one back, and even if Brazil were at home, it still had no ability to compete with Portugal.
Now Portugal has not only guaranteed the top 8 and guaranteed the top 4, but directly guaranteed to the final!
Although they rely on their absolute strength, even if the opponent is strong, it is actually difficult to pose too much threat to them.
But now that they are about to reach the final so easily, it still makes the fans feel incredible!
However, there is one point of view that explains this well.
Fierce competitions are inherently extremely consuming.
Especially in a world-class tournament like the World Cup, the players are destined to do their best for that supreme honor.
And in this case, wounds and non-combat attrition are inevitable.
Look at the Brazilian team, its own strength is not absolutely superior to Colombia, so it fights very fiercely.
This led to Neymar's injury and Thiago Silva's cumulative yellow card suspension.
It can only be said that the Brazilian team paid a due and considerable price to advance to the semifinals.
Portugal, on the other hand, is a different story.
Their strength is so strong that the opponent is simply unable to resist.
In this way, players often do not have to fight to the death, and even easily defeat their opponents.
In this case, the chances of injury and non-combat attrition are minimized.
Anyway, neither the baseball national team nor the French team actually caused Portugal much trouble.
This explains why Portugal is still fully staffed.
It can only be said that Portugal is too strong, so strong that the opponent is already powerless.
Even, many fans predicted that the game would likely suffer the biggest rout in the club's history.
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After the victory over France, the Portuguese team moved again to Belo Horizonte.
The host Brazil team still has an advantage to some extent.
Brazil played in this city for the 14th final, so it was not a toss.
However, this little thing obviously does not affect the overall picture of the game.
Before this game, not to mention the suspense of the World Cup champion, first of all, the World Cup Golden Boot is almost lost in suspense.
Xu Ning scored twice again and has already increased his goal count in this World Cup to nine.
Although it is certainly not as good as the ancient god Fontaine, who once scored 13 goals in a World Cup, it has surpassed Ronaldo's wonderful performance of 8 goals in the 02 World Cup.
In an age where all teams value defense, it would be ridiculous to say that nine goals are not a World Cup Golden Boot.
In fact, there were few opponents who could threaten Xu Ning.
Although Ronaldo, who has performed well in this World Cup, has scored six goals, his Colombia has been eliminated.
His goal count was fixed at 6 goals, and he had lost the opportunity to catch up with Xu Ning.
Neymar has scored four goals, but this World Cup reimbursement also fixed his goal count at four.
The only ones left who scored more than 4 goals were Messi and Ronaldo.
Messi scored 4 goals, but it was difficult to catch up with Xu Ning's 9 goals.
After all, Argentina is not his best Barça.
And Ronaldo has always maintained his good form, and he has scored an amazing 7 goals with Xu Ning.
If it were changed to the last World Cup, then Ronaldo would have held the golden boot in his arms.
But now there is an additional Xu Ning against the sky.
Now the competition for the World Cup Golden Boot has become a team competition between Xu Ning and Ronaldo.
Of course, Xu Ning has a higher chance of winning the championship.
To this end, the two also joked that whoever took the golden boot would use pure gold to create an identical golden boot trophy and give it to each other as a sign of comfort.
This is what Ronaldo proposed.
Xu Ning suspected that Ronaldo was fraudulent, but he had no evidence.
In any case, Portugal's strength is obvious to all.
Now it's the turn of Brazil, the most civilian in history, to face Portugal, the bloodiest in history.
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In the pre-match press conference, Xu Ning participated with Paolo Bento and Ronaldo.
I thought it was a routine, but I didn't want to have Brazilian reporters provoke trouble at the press conference.
'Brazil have suffered the biggest dilemma, with attacking core Neymar and defensive core Thiago Silva not available in this game.
"Even if Portugal defeats Brazil, it will not be able to win, it is all about luck!"
"If you face a well-equipped Brazilian team, I'm afraid Portugal is already shivering, right?"
"Are you gloating about what happened to Brazil? Will you be proud of your luck?
"What do you want to say about this?"
This question was asked to Xu Ning during the reporter's question session.
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