From the man behind the football king to the football king

On June 8, 2013, at 17:30 pm local time in France, the annual Toulon Cup final was held at the Mayor Stadium, between the South American powerhouse Colombia U20 and Portugal U20.

The Colombian National Youth Team has achieved outstanding results in recent years. Not only did they win the Toulon Cup in 2011, they also won the championship in this year's U20 South American Nations Cup, defeating strong opponents such as Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

In this year's Toulon Cup, they also defeated South Korea, the United States, France and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Group A surrounded by strong enemies. They are currently the only team among the ten participating teams to maintain a complete victory.

However, this team does not have any star players. The biggest name on the team is Juan Quintero, the attacking midfielder who played for Pescara, the deputy captain of Serie A last season. Moreover, Juan Quintero is also a water dispenser player in Pescara, playing only one game in Serie A throughout the season.

In my memory, this guy later went to the Chinese Super League to hunt for gold.

Compared with Colombia, Portugal is considered "star-studded", and many players have already made a mark in European football.

However, the overall integrity of this team is very strong, which is also a key factor in their ability to achieve their current results.

Because it was the Toulon Cup final, there were still a lot of spectators on site. In addition to a small number of fans from Portugal and Colombia, there are more local French spectators, as well as some fans from other parts of the world.

Of course, I don’t know how many of them are scouts, but the number should be quite a lot.

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After 4 group matches, Ramos has gradually fixed the main lineup of Portugal U20, and the formation is basically fixed at 433.

Goalkeeper José Sa, the back four are Cancelo, Thiago Ferreira, Thiago Ilori and Mica Pinto, and the midfielders are Joao Mario and Andre. Gomez and Bruno Fernandez, and the front three are Bruma, Aladegui and Esgao.

According to Ramos' tactics, the positions of the three midfielders will change when facing different opponents. When facing a strong opponent, captain Joao Mario will retreat and form a double midfielder with Andre Gomez. This is a defensive formation; when the opponent is not strong, Joao Mario's The position will be the premise, this is the offensive formation.

For example, in this game, facing the powerful South American champion Colombia, Portugal U20 consisted of Joao Mario and Andre Gomez as a double midfielder, while Bruno played as an attacking midfielder.

After two weeks of running in with the team, Bruno and his teammates got to know each other a lot and established some basic tacit understanding.

Moreover, Colombia also strictly defended him, with midfielder Jose Loido following him closely. Coupled with the help of center back Herson Vergara, Bruno was very comfortable on the court. Opportunities are hard to find.

Jose Loido is also a very smart player. He played for Estudiantes of La Plata in the A-League and performed well. Although he was a substitute, he left a deep impression.

The tall central defender Herson Vergara is said to have been spotted by Serie A giant AC Milan and will transfer to the Rossoneri this summer.

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Being tightly defended by his opponents, Bruno naturally would not sit still and wait for death. He ran away from the defense in a wide range and acted as the team's transitional role, organizing and planning the offense.

However, the overall technical and tactical skills of Colombia U20 are very rigorous, unlike Belgium U20, which leaves no space for Portugal U20. Moreover, although Colombia U20 does not have any star players, its overall strength is very strong. Otherwise, it would not be able to suppress the powerful Brazil U20 and Argentina U20 in South America. .

Almost at the beginning of the first half, Colombia overwhelmed Portugal U20 and played in the 30-meter zone. The situation was one-sided.

Portugal's first threatening attack occurred in the seventh minute. After receiving a pass from captain Joao Mario on the right, Bruno quickly launched a counterattack, drove straight in and dribbled the ball to the front of the opponent's penalty area, and then passed the ball to Bruno. However, Bruma, who quickly jumped in, stopped and missed the opportunity to score.

Colombia then continued to increase its offensive intensity, especially midfielder Juan Quintero, who played for Pescara last season, and their forward Horn Cordoba, who were extremely active in the frontcourt. Both men have very strong personal abilities, and the two have a tacit understanding, which makes Portugal's defense suffer. Fortunately, Ramos has already predicted it. The defense composed of double midfielders and four defenders has enough people and can defend very well. tenacious.

Facing the final, these young people seemed very excited and focused, and did not repeat the mistakes they made during the group stage.

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The personal strength of the Portuguese players is still very strong. Although the overall strength is a little worse, facing Colombia, the overall strength is not obviously weak.

After overcoming Colombia's opening attack, Portugal's offense also began to show its strength.

Bruno planned another attack in the 22nd minute of the game. He leaned on Loido with his body, stopped to his left when receiving the pass from his teammate, turned around and passed the ball through, sending the ball to Behind Colombian left back Elibelton Palacios.

Buruma quickly stepped in, received the ball and crossed to the front of the penalty area, but was cleared by the opponent's central defender Aguilar with a header in advance.

Five minutes later, after receiving a long pass from the backcourt, Bruno took two steps and suddenly took a long shot. This powerful and heavy shot was of good quality. Bruno was very sure of it, but the distance was a bit far. The opponent's goalkeeper was well prepared and stood up in time to catch the ball.

In the 36th minute of the first half, Bruno made continuous breakthroughs in the middle and then passed to Esgao on the left. The Portuguese left winger got a good shooting opportunity, but his shooting skills were a bit poor and the ball flew out of the baseline from the left side of the goal.

The first half ended with 0:0. Neither side could score, but Portugal was relatively at a disadvantage on the field.

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Neither side made any substitutions in the midfield and continued to use the opening lineup, but the stalemate on the scene remained the same.

Colombia is still the dominant offensive side, repeatedly creating dangerous situations; Portugal responds with defensive counterattacks, which can also pose a considerable threat to Colombia's goal, allowing Colombia to avoid overpowering the ball.

Sixty minutes into the game, on the one hand eager to win, and on the other hand feeling that Roydo was too physically exhausted and unable to keep up with Bruno, Colombia finally chose to make a substitution, replacing No. 7 winger Ali Mojica. ·Betta Cotto replaced Loido to strengthen the frontcourt offense.

Seeing Colombia's substitution adjustment, Bruno felt that the opportunity he had been looking forward to for more than an hour had finally arrived.

After the game restarted, Bruno immediately expanded his scope of activities and frequently appeared on the right wing.

After Colombia replaced Loido, they strengthened their frontcourt offense and put huge pressure on Portugal's midfield and backfield defense. However, the defensive problems caused by the three midfielders were also exposed.

Colombia's original 442 formation was a parallel position. In addition to Loido, there was also Sebastian Perez in the midfielder position. Now that Loidobe has been replaced, Perez is the only one left in the midfielder position.

Facing Bruno, who was as active as a rabbit, Perez couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

Bruno frequently ran out of space on the court, but either his teammates did not react in time, or they reacted, but the quality of the pass was not good and was intercepted midway, causing Bruno to run in vain every time.

If the original Bruno Fernandez faced such a situation, he would probably keep complaining to his teammates.

But Bruno is not the former Bruno Fernandez. Instead of blaming his teammates, he gave a thumbs up to his teammates to affirm and encourage them.

He believes that a simple gesture at this time can help his teammates regain their confidence.

Sure enough, Bruno's actions infected the players on the field. He kept running and his teammates kept trying to pass the ball. Although he made mistakes again and again, the most important thing Bruno lacked was patience. He was able to persevere for a long time in the devil training formulated by the training master system, and he was able to enjoy it all because of his patience that ordinary people could not match.

Speaking of which, Bruno is able to have the patience he has today, thanks to his strong and extremely stubborn mother. It was under the old man's "sincere teachings" for decades that Bruno's patience was successfully honed.

Moreover, Bruno always believes that mistakes are not terrible, as long as you succeed once, it is an opportunity.