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

Chapter 894 Great Victory
It has to be said that the Netherlands is a traditional European powerhouse after all. Although this Dutch team does not have any superstar players, its strength is unquestionable.

In the 85th minute, Ake made a high cross from the left frontcourt into the penalty area, and Dumfries headed the ball into the goal, and the Netherlands team equalized the score again, 3:3!

At this moment, the huge Cruyff Arena was completely boiling, and 30,000 home team fans were celebrating wildly. They loved this persevering home team so much.

However, the fans of the visiting team were somewhat shocked. The Portuguese team tried hard, but they took the lead twice and were tied twice. This was really hard to accept.

If it were an ordinary team, their morale would definitely be crushed after taking the lead twice and being tied twice. However, Portugal is obviously not an ordinary team. The two core players Bruno and Ronaldo are both indomitable leaders. Under their leadership, Portugal continued to put pressure on the Dutch team.

In the first minute of injury time, Ronaldo made consecutive wall passes with Rafa Silva, passed the goalkeeper and easily shot into the empty goal, helping Portugal to lead the score for the third time.

With this goal, Ronaldo surpassed Bruno with 11 goals to become the top scorer in the history of the European Cup.

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo celebrated wildly. He finally became the unique top scorer in the history of the European Cup.

Bruno was not unhappy because Ronaldo was leading and even celebrated recklessly in front of him, but congratulated him sincerely.

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Of course, although Bruno congratulated Ronaldo, he would not accept this situation and responded quickly.

In the fourth minute of injury time, Portugal launched another quick counterattack, with Rafa Silva, who came on as a substitute, breaking through on the wing.

After breaking through the Dutch defense, Rafa Silva did not choose to shoot himself, but passed the ball to the left side of the goal.

Bruno did it with almost no effort. He just got ahead of Wijndal at the fastest speed and easily pushed the ball into the lower left corner of the Dutch goal from the left side of the small penalty area.

5: 3!

hat trick!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!"

"Bruno, Bruno again!"

"In this world-renowned game, he scored a hat trick, which was also his 11th European Cup goal! Three minutes after Ronaldo surpassed him to become the top scorer in the history of the European Cup, Bruno quickly caught up with his national team captain!"

"Bruno and Ronaldo's performances tonight were really impressive. One of them scored a hat trick and the other scored twice, taking turns to lead the competition for the European Cup's historical top scorer. They also helped the team defeat the powerful Netherlands and win this crucial match."

"If Portugal can win this European Cup, all the fans will definitely remember this game tonight."

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After scoring a hat trick, Bruno became even more excited. He rushed out of the stadium quickly, gliding all the way along the stands. His teammates behind him couldn't catch up with him no matter what.

Finally, he stopped at the corner area of ​​his own half, laughed and opened his arms to the Portuguese fans in the stands.

All the Portuguese fans at the scene were shouting his name, and I have forgotten how many times this has happened. But one thing is certain: Portugal played very well tonight, and Bruno's performance can be described as perfect.

This was his second time participating in the European Cup, and he commemorated the day with a hat trick against the Netherlands, while also making all the fans at the scene, as well as the media and fans around the world once again realize his importance to the current Portugal team.

He is the team's most valuable asset and its core competitiveness!

At the same time, he is also the strongest contender for this year's FIFA World Player of the Year and European Golden Ball.

"Cristiano Ronaldo is in the Cruyff Arena, playing against Bruno. I don't know what his reaction would be when he saw Bruno's hat trick, but one thing is certain: he has fallen behind in the competition for this year's World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or."

"In Juventus, Ronaldo only won the Italian Super Cup and the Italian Cup with the team, but lost the Serie A championship. This is the second time that Juventus has lost the Serie A championship after 2015 and 2016. In the Champions League, Juventus stopped in the round of 6 and was eliminated by Porto. Ronaldo's performance was not good. He scored 4 goals in appearances and was not even in the top ten scorers in the Champions League." "In comparison, Manchester United is in its heyday, winning seven championships in a row, including the European Super Cup, Community Shield, Club World Cup, League Cup, Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, becoming the first team in history to win seven championships in a season. With five consecutive Premier League titles and four consecutive Champions League titles, Manchester United is setting one record after another and is also creating the most terrifying football dynasty in history. Bruno has won almost all personal honors: Premier League Golden Boot, Champions League Golden Boot, and three best Premier League season awards..."

"Wijndal, who has been performing very well from last season to now, couldn't stop Bruno's outbreak in this game. De Boer paid the price for his mistakes in deployment!"

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After Bruno scored a hat trick, the referee blew the whistle three times to end the game. Portugal won the goal-scoring battle with the Netherlands with a score of 5:3.

"I'm happy with the way we played today because we played to our level."

At the post-match press conference, Santos became the focus of media reporters.

"We were behind against a very good team but we showed character and played very tenaciously when we were behind, which was a very positive factor and will help us throughout the tournament."

"To be honest, I was disappointed when the goal was scored so early, because I wanted to put pressure on the opponent from the beginning, but sometimes the game is like this, there are many uncontrollable factors. Fortunately, after conceding the goal early, , the whole team performed very well, which allowed us to turn the situation around quickly.”

Santos also praised the Portuguese players by name, the first one he mentioned was Danilo Pereira. He believed that although the Portuguese midfielder had made mistakes, his overall performance was quite outstanding and he played very well.

There was also Rafa Silva who came on as a substitute. He contributed two assists after his appearance and played a crucial role in Portugal's final victory over the Netherlands, so he also believed that the midfielder worked very hard and played to his full potential.

"Obviously, he is getting better every game and I believe he can play an increasingly important role in the team."

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Santos believes that Bruno's hat trick was the key to Portugal's victory over the Netherlands in this game.

"Because he played in the Champions League final with Manchester United, Bruno has been a little tired since returning to the national team. Physically, he is not fully ready yet. If conditions permit, I would like to let him rest for more time. But the European Cup has begun, and our opponent is still a top team like the Netherlands. We need his ability and need him to play a role at the critical moment. Facts have proved that Bruno never disappoints. He plays very well and very well. He can even be said to be the best player in the team, especially the first two goals. Each one is very beautiful and very important."

Everyone knows that Santos never likes to praise people, so he rarely praises people, but this time, he spent a few minutes praising Bruno's performance in today's game, which shows how much he values ​​this game and his affirmation of Bruno. It can be said that this is the greatest compliment to Bruno.

After winning this game, Portugal can be said to be aiming for the championship, but Santos believes that it is not that easy.

"I think if we want to win the European Cup again, we need to do two things well. One is to continue to maintain our advantage over the top teams. We got three valuable points from the Netherlands today, but there are other teams. Another aspect is that we must also score steadily against other teams."

Although Santos found it difficult, he expressed his confidence in the team.

“I think we can get a satisfactory result after the competition.”

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In contrast to Santos, De Boer was furious when answering questions in the post-match press conference.

"My opinion of the whole game is that Portugal played better than us, much better."

"They were very aggressive in the tackles, which caused us problems and forced us to make turnovers, and we didn't deal with that well, which was the root cause of our failure."

"In fact, we had a good start and we took the lead early. I thought we could build on this and play better and better, but we made mistakes in defense."

"Bruno's personal performance changed the course of the game. The first two goals were absolutely amazing, which fully demonstrated Bruno's top personal strength. I even think that if fans watch the goal replay in the future, they may feel that Bruno was not facing a top team aiming to win the championship, but an amateur team."

"No one on the pitch performed well. We were completely defeated by Bruno!"

De Boer obviously wanted to take this opportunity to praise Bruno and stimulate the Dutch players, and what he said was indeed true. The entire Dutch midfield and frontcourt performed very poorly, including Weghorst who scored a goal at the beginning.

(End of this chapter)