From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 624 Making History

Seeing that Ronaldo was unable to get rid of Maguire for a while, Stones turned and rushed towards him, intending to double-team him with Maguire and steal the ball from the Portuguese captain.

As he moved away from Bernardo Silva, Ronaldo passed the ball to Bruno on the left.

Bruno was facing the goal. Facing Ronaldo's pass, he adjusted his pace while running and made a gesture as if he was going to take a direct long shot.

Stones saw Ronaldo pass the ball back, and quickly turned around and rushed towards Bruno.

At the same time, another England defender, Kyle Walker, made a move to block the shot.

Bruno did not take a long shot directly, but gently pushed the ball to the right, dodged Stones who was rushing back, and then he dribbled the ball into the penalty area!
Bruno broke into the penalty area and suddenly shot the ball. The ball stuck to the grass and rolled into the goal from the inside of the goal post!

England goalkeeper Pickford did not expect that Bruno's first shot was fake, and the second shot came so quickly that he could not react in time and could only stand there and watch the football roll into the goal from the side of the goal post.

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"Bruno Fernandes! He equalized for Portugal! A beautiful goal! He fooled two English players! At this moment, Stones and Pickford could only play as a background for him!"

After scoring the goal, Bruno took the initiative to hug Ronaldo who assisted him. Other Portuguese players also flocked over and hugged the two tightly.

After tying the score to 1:1, the Portuguese team did not give up the attack but continued to look for scoring opportunities.

The England team was also anxious and they intensified their offensive.

The two teams once again started to attack each other in the game, and the two sides attacked each other very lively.

During this period, Southgate kept changing his troops, replacing Rashford, Dier and Vardy in succession to strengthen the attack.

On the Portuguese side, Santos has not made any moves yet. After all, Portugal has played well during this period, and the players on the field are already the strongest in each position.

England made three substitutions in a row and used the physical strength of the new players to continuously organize attacks. In particular, Rashford and Ashley Young, the England wingbacks, frequently assisted, but Bruno, who was familiar with their game habits, seized the gaps behind them when they were advancing and had no time to return to defense, and passed the ball to the players in front.

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In the 79th minute, England had been besieging the Portuguese goal for five minutes. Two of their shots almost went in, but were saved by the tenacious Portuguese players.

Right after that, Portugal suddenly launched a fast break. Joao Mario intercepted the ball and passed it to Bruno, who took two steps forward and passed it to Cancelo who was running forward at high speed on the wing.

Cancelo is very fast. According to his characteristics, Bruno passes the ball in the direction of Cancelo's running and quite far away from him, just to give full play to Cancelo's advantage of speed.

Cancelo ran so fast that the English players couldn't keep up. After receiving the ball, Cancelo didn't hesitate and swept the ball directly to the middle. This time it was Bruno who made a forward run!
After receiving the ball, Bruno went straight to the goal. In front of him, there was only an England defender Maguire and a goalkeeper Pickford.

This problem is easy to deal with.

Bruno accelerated forcefully, making Maguire think he was going to overtake. After causing Maguire to move ahead, he suddenly stopped, dribbled the ball back, and then shot with his right foot.

The football drew an arc, bypassed Pickford who was diving, and flew into the goal!
"Second goal! Second goal! GOLO! GOOOOOOOOLOOOOOOO!" the commentator of Portuguese TV shouted. He did not expect that Portugal could actually complete the reversal in the second half. "This is Bruno's second goal in this game! It is also his fifth goal in this World Cup! His performance is simply amazing!"

"2:1! England is in trouble!"

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After Bruno scored, Santos replaced Bernardo Silva, who was almost exhausted, with Quaresma and continued to strengthen the attack.

"It looks like he doesn't want to start defending right now!" The Portuguese commentator commented on Santos' substitution. "Quaresma's coming on will help Portugal control the ball and break through in the midfield. He is also a fast winger who is good at dribbling and passing..."

The England team did not expect that Portugal did not retreat after taking the lead, but continued to attack.

This move caught them off guard, and in the next ten minutes or so, they were completely unable to organize any effective attack because Bruno had been pressing Ali closely.

And Ali's performance has not been very good since he was kicked in the chest by Bernardo Silva's powerful long-range shot in the first half.

Henderson wanted to go forward, but was afraid that Bruno would be left unguarded after he went forward, which would cause more trouble, so he had to give up.

Ali was unable to organize an attack, so England could only rely on the simplest style of play, letting the flanks continuously attack Portugal's defense line.

Rashford, the wing-back who came on as a substitute, was very active, but once the Portuguese players became familiar with his characteristics, it became much easier to defend against him.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Portuguese players hugged each other. They defeated the strong opponent England and advanced to the final of the World Cup in Russia!

"Congratulations to Portugal! Bruno is the best player of the game and he is also the biggest hero that enabled Portugal to reverse the game and win!" The commentator praised Bruno's performance.

Although he encouraged the players to show their level and fighting spirit in the locker room before the game, it was still a "surprise" for Portugal head coach Santos that they were able to successfully beat England and advance to the World Cup final.

After winning the World Cup semi-final at the Luzhniki Stadium, Bruno witnessed the madness of the fans - the excited Portuguese fans followed the team bus all the way to the hotel where they were staying, where they made a lot of noise until three in the morning before dispersing at the request of the police. The scene was completely comparable to winning the World Cup.

It is no wonder that Portugal fans are so excited. After all, reaching the World Cup final has created history for Portugal. Their best results in the World Cup before were only third place in the 1966 England World Cup and fourth place in the 2006 Germany World Cup. Now that they have reached the World Cup final, whether they win or lose, they will surpass their previous best results.

(End of this chapter)