[Football] Bad Boy Batty

Anyway, at least the ball went in.

Batistuta tightened his lips, and after simply dancing a celebratory dance with Neymar and Vinicius, he gestured to the slightly dissatisfied head coach on the sidelines to express his apology and ran back to his seat.

They were leading by one goal at the start, and everyone except Batistuta thought he was just showing off. Although this greatly boosted morale to some extent, they still had to be vigilant to prevent themselves from slacking off after taking the lead and eventually being reversed.

"Focus! Watch the ball! It's about to start!" Batty ran to the midfield, observing the opponent's position and loudly reminding his teammates, "Don't let them press over!"

[beep——]
The referee blew the whistle and Serbia kicked off from the center circle.

Their tactics did not change after conceding the opening goal. On the contrary, they pushed their front line further forward and their offensive trend continued unabated.

[Oh, Serbia has stepped up its attack. It seems that they think that the pressure on the front court is not enough, which has led to the Brazilian team taking advantage of the loophole. Now that they have increased their speed, the Brazilian defense line must also be careful! ]

"Over there! Run over there! Go up, go up!" Serbian midfielder Milinkovic received the pass from the captain and returned to the left, then waved to his teammates on the right to continue to press forward.

Relying on the strong physical fitness of Eastern Europeans, Milinkovic, known as the "White Pogba", bought himself 2 or 3 seconds in the fight with Casemiro. Then he knocked the ball out with his left foot, and Lukic immediately made a long pass after getting the ball.

At this time, Brazil's left side was a bit empty. Neymar had just moved into the middle to cooperate. Richarlison was facing the Serbian central defender in the frontcourt. Only Renan Lodi was standing near the center line.

If Serbia could quickly hit the ball here, it would be difficult for him to stop it alone, and Serbia would be able to successfully reach the baseline and operate.

When playing against European teams, Brazilians lose most of the goals due to high-altitude bombardment. They have no advantage in height and jumping ability.

Batistuta moved to the left immediately and called Paqueta to come back to assist in defense.

It would be best if we could steal the ball, but if we can't, an out-of-bounds ball is also good.

But for some reason, after Batistuta called out Paqueta, the Brazilian midfielder did not respond immediately. Instead, Neymar, who was closer to the front than him, immediately turned around and retreated. When Batistuta and Marquinhos teamed up to steal the ball from Serbian striker Tadic, he had already arrived to the side.

"Stefan!" Tadic was forced to stop, facing the sideline, he struggled to protect the ball with his back, and immediately called for support.

[Oh! Brazil's twin stars NB and Marquinhos were pressing the Serbian striker on the wing, and it looked like they were doing it very aggressively.]

"...Fi***da puta!"

Batistuta was furious because Tadic grabbed his chest during the fight. He pressed directly against Tadic's back, kicked the ball out of bounds between his legs, and gave him a secret push at the same time.

The linesman raised the flag.

Serbia gets a throw-in.

"Bati." Neymar turned around and gave the captain a look, then raised his hand and pressed it down to signal him to calm down.

Batistuta shook his hair in annoyance and gave him a gesture of "understanding". Just at this moment, he saw Paqueta coming late.

"Did you run off to outer space?" the Brazilian captain asked unkindly. Of course, he didn't need Paqueta to explain at this time. "Come and stand still, they're going to take a throw-in!"

Brazil spread out on the right wing. They were not worried about Serbia's cooperation in the limited space. After all, in terms of this, only Argentina among the 32 teams in the World Cup could compete with Brazil. What they were really worried about was Serbia's long pass behind them or high ball.

In the 18th minute, Tadic kicked the ball out of bounds.

【Serbia is a team that has inherited the style of the former Yugoslavia team. Just now, the throw-in from the front sideline hit the Brazilian penalty area directly, but the smile was not very obvious. Thiago Silva jumped up and headed the ball away, and midfielder Milinkovic took the ball. 】

Seeing Brazil returning to defense, Milinkovic passed the ball back to the defender in an attempt to disrupt Brazil's overall defense, but it was this back pass that led to their second goal loss.

Serbia took the ball from the backcourt and transferred it from the right to the left. Pavlovic, one of the three central defenders, chose to carry the ball forward by himself after receiving it. It has to be said that this was too reckless.

Batistuta seized the opportunity keenly. He predicted Pavlovic's route and deliberately created a flaw. The Serbian defender subconsciously changed the direction of his feet, but Batistuta directly intercepted the ball and counterattacked.

"Up, up, up!"

The Brazilian captain quickly passed the ball to Neymar on the left. The Serbian backcourt then hurriedly returned to defense, with most of their force rushing towards Neymar's left.

what!
opportunity.

Batistuta was left with nothing around him, so he turned his head to observe and immediately moved forward after passing the ball. Neymar did not let the ball stay at his feet for too long, and before the defenders could commit a tactical foul on him, he passed the ball to Batistuta, and as if he had eyes on the side, the ball landed accurately in front of Batistuta, without even having to stop and adjust.

[Beautiful! Neymar and Batistuta have such a tacit understanding. They both know each other's ideas without communicating in advance, and they have already started before the defensive players can react! ]

It was almost the same position as the goal that was missed not long ago. Batistuta saw the open space and shot low.

[Look at this ball! Oops! Bad luck, it hit the post - and more!]

Batistuta's shot was a bit too angled, and the goalkeeper flew to save it, watching the ball hit the post right in front of his nose. The Serbian goalkeeper was relieved at first, but then his heart was lifted again, because anything was possible before he controlled the ball or the ball died.

Yes, anything can happen before the referee blows the whistle.

The ball hit the post and bounced back into the field. The defender immediately kicked the ball away, but he did not notice Richarlison approaching him, so he kicked the ball away. However, the ball did not fly to the midfield as he expected, but flew towards the side.

【Oh? Serbia's backcourt is a little out of control. Look at this ball - Neymar! After Neymar passed the ball to Batistuta, Serbia relaxed its defense on him and turned to surround the Brazilian captain. Stop the ball! Shoot! 】

Neymar jumped up and used a beautiful fancy move to stop the ball, then shot with his left foot. The Serbian goalkeeper hurriedly changed direction to save the ball, but it was of no avail.

[The ball goes in! Brazil 2-0! The Samba Army's extremely aggressive frontcourt team can defend one but not the other. With half of the first half almost over, Brazil scored this wonderful goal with a beautiful NB connection and frontcourt cooperation! ]

After leading by 2 goals, Batistuta was no longer so uncertain and his celebration seemed much more relaxed than last time.

"I have a feeling we'll have more than that today!" Neymar kissed Batistuta's temple. "What if we run out of celebration dances?"

"Then--how about we kiss?" Batty teased.

Of course Neymar knew he was joking, but his words scared Richarlison next to him, and his expression was even more exciting than the goal just now.

"Ah, uh, I'm not against such a statement." He said with some distress, "I just wonder if we should tell the locker room before celebrating like this, let's do it together."

I don't know whether to say that he is stupid or too honest. He really thought that Batistuta wanted to celebrate in this way and to respond to other countries' resistance to Qatar's rainbow ban.

Batty slapped him on the back of the head.

"You're hoping Ney and I get banned for the rest of the World Cup, aren't you?" he said, mock-irritated. "All kidding aside, I think we can go to Zidane after our next goal."

After saying that, the Brazilian captain gave his vice-captain a provocative look. Neymar was slightly surprised, then nodded in understanding, and the two smiled at each other where Richarlison couldn't see.

So in the 33rd minute, Batistuta made a straight pass from the right midfield to Richarlison who successfully expanded the score to 3-0. Only Richarlison, who scored the goal, flapped his wings (like a pigeon) and ran to the coaching bench to give Zidane a warm hug.

The fans at the scene were stunned, the commentator was surprised, and even Zidane was a little at a loss. Only Batistuta and Neymar on the field jumped up and high-fived, then laughed until they were blurred.

[Haha, it seems that the captain and vice-captain of the Brazilian team teamed up to play a trick on Richarlison, the goal scorer. It seems that the atmosphere in their team is still good.] The commentator said with a smile, [But putting aside this episode, the Brazilian team's attack this time is more fluent while ensuring beauty, and it has the flavor of Real Madrid in the 14-15 season. Now the Brazilian team is leading 3-0, and the game can be declared over before the halftime break. Serbia paid the price for their recklessness!]

"How could this happen--" Richarlison was a little unhappy about the prank he was doing, but the instigators were Batistuta and Neymar, one was his childhood beacon and the other his idol later on, so the Spanish striker shook his hands and didn't care anymore.

But what he didn't know was that his misunderstanding just now gave Batty a wake-up call.

At the end of the first half, players from both teams returned to the locker room. The Brazilian captain looked at the 3-0 on the scoreboard, thought for a moment, and then quickly walked into the player tunnel.

As for the boycott of the Rainbow Ban, he thought he could prepare now.

……

In the locker room, Neymar took off his dirty jersey while walking. Before he could sit back on the bench, his nose itched and he sneezed loudly.

Qatar's new stadium is good in every way, except that the air conditioning is a bit too much.

Neymar rubbed his nose and complained to the person beside him: "God, do you feel it's a bit cold here? I feel like I'm back in England. Maybe we can ask the staff to adjust it... Batistuta?"

Batty disappeared.

This is really strange. Neymar remembers very clearly that when he just came back, Batistuta was no more than 3 meters away from him, but now he suddenly disappeared.

"Who has seen Batistuta?" Neymar asked, standing up.

The teammates around him all raised their heads and looked at him in confusion.

"Wasn't Batistuta always with you?" Marquinhos asked. "If you don't know where he is, who else would know?"

"Yeah! I saw it!" Richarlison, who was drinking water over there, raised his hand. He pointed to the shower room, the freezing pool (for post-match recovery) and the physiotherapy bed. "He just said a few words to Loach and went in with a small bag. He was so fast, as if there was a wolf chasing him."

Shower room?
This suddenly reminded Neymar of some sweet but embarrassing memories. Some bad little bastard tricked him into the last World Cup, and it was there that he was turned into a man with a glowing **.

Although Batistuta later gave him a lot of compensation, he still couldn't forget the (kindly) mocking eyes of his teammates!
"I'll go see him." For safety reasons, Neymar went to the shower room.

"Buddy?" he tried to call out. "Buddy, are you in there? What are you doing?"

Neymar came to the shower door. Unfortunately, the shower here did not have a glass door like the one in Manchester City. He asked while reaching for the door handle.

"I'm in, Buddy!" he finally warned. You better not be pulling some kind of prank, he thought.

Just as he opened the door, it was opened from the inside, and Batistuta appeared in front of Neymar with a sunny (obviously mischievous) smile. "Hi." He waved.

"What are you doing in there?" Neymar asked suspiciously.

"Wash your hair." Batty reached out and brushed the wet light-colored hair on his forehead. "They knocked me down a few times in the first half. I felt like there was mud in my hair."

"You've fallen worse than this before and never washed your hair in the middle of the game." Neymar obviously didn't believe it. "Don't lie to me, Batistuta, what did you do?"

"Nothing, I swear." Batistuta put on his absolutely innocent face and winked at Neymar, "Don't you believe your captain?"

"I trust the Brazilian captain," Neymar said, "but I don't trust the little bastard Batistuta."

What is this word?

Batistuta made a few grunts and rolled his eyes at Neymar: "In your eyes, I only know how to cause trouble on the court, right?"

Who would have thought that Neymar would not fall for his pity trick and nodded firmly.

"Yes, you are," he said.

Batty: ...

"Listen, Batistuta, I'm not trying to stop you or anything." Neymar reached out and pinched the back of Batistuta's neck. "We are a pair of socks! How can you not take me with you!"

Batistuta thought about it and finally nodded. He motioned Neymar to come over and whispered to him, "Don't worry about what I'm going to do. Just remember, if we score again in the second half, we must do a human mountain in front of the broadcast camera."

Stacking people?
Neymar was puzzled. It was not that they couldn't do it, of course they could do it, but why, why did they have to do this?
"You do as I say." Batty gave him a wicked smile, "When we're at the bottom, I'll ask you to grab something and pull hard when we get up, so you pull hard."

Neymar was even more confused.

"What exactly are you going to do?" he asked.

Batty still did not answer the question directly.

"Believe me," he said, "it's just a little Batistuta shock to Qatar and FIFA, that's all."

……

The second half continues.

After listening to Batistuta's words during the halftime break, Neymar began to look forward to scoring a goal, but this world is so strange. When you want something, that thing always fails to happen, just like the socks that you always see but suddenly want to wear one day but can't find them.

Serbia changed its tactics slightly, and the two sides were in a stalemate on the field in the second half.

However, Brazil's attack did not stagnate because of this. After all, they were leading by three goals. No matter which team was replaced, the players on the field would play more relaxed than before.

This was exactly what Batty wanted.

What he is going to do in a moment requires him to score a goal.

In the 53rd minute, Brazil attacked from the backcourt. Ederson and the defender backpedaled several times and pulled the defense line before kicking the ball to the left side of the frontcourt. The pass was not good. Vinicius tried his best but failed to break through the three Serbian defenders. Fortunately, they cleared the ball in a hurry and the Brazilian team got the out-of-bounds ball.

Watching Vinicius pick up the ball and get ready, Batistuta observed the situation in the frontcourt, pretended to retreat, and then quickly changed direction and inserted behind a Serbian player.

"here!"

Almost at the same time, Vinicius kicked the ball out of bounds.

Batistuta easily stole the ball from the Serbian player, but perhaps because it was so easy he got carried away and didn't notice the defender behind him.

then--

Batistuta turned with the ball and prepared to raise his hands to organize an attack, but the next second he bumped into the Serbian defender, who was unfortunately the biggest player on the team. The result was obvious, Batistuta was knocked to the ground.

His eyes were blurred. The defensive player just now was also intentionally using his physical advantage. He stood there and then used all his muscles to push up.

What the hell!
Batty felt as if he had hit a sandbag.

"Are you okay?" Neymar held back his smile and walked over to hold out his hand to his captain. Because he was closest, he saw everything very clearly, including Batistuta's surprise when he turned his head and found someone blocking his way, and his surprised and aggrieved expression when he bumped into him. "Promise me, Batistuta, I'll challenge an opponent of the same weight class as you next time, okay?"

"Don't worry." Batty could tell that he was being teased. He stood up with Neymar's hand and gave him a fake smile. "I won't be the first player to knock himself silly in this World Cup."

Vinicius passing by: ——Poof!

……

Until the 80th minute, the score remained at 3-0. Serbia was obviously a little anxious and replaced offensive players one after another. Zidane on the sidelines also started to replace players, but for them, this was a way to delay time.

The Brazilian team replaced two players at the same time, Mario replaced Danilo, and Guimarães replaced Casemiro, all of which were positional substitutions.

In the 62nd minute, Serbia scored a goal, taking advantage of Paqueta's late arrival in the midfield.

This substitution brought new vitality to the Samba Army.

In the 83rd minute, Casemiro intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it directly to Batistuta. Brazil once again launched a smooth attack. Batistuta passed the ball to Neymar, who swept across the goal. Richarlison turned and volleyed the ball. Brazil beat Serbia 4-0!

【Wooooo! So beautiful, I guess this will be a strong contender for the best goal of the World Cup! Brazil's offense is getting smoother and smoother. From Casemiro's interception to Richarlison's volley, there were only three passes in total! 3-4! Serbia is powerless to turn the tide! 】

"Did you see it! Did you see it!" Richarlison was very excited after scoring the goal. He ran towards the corner flag area and slid on his knees to celebrate handsomely.

It's now!

Neymar glanced at Batistuta, then called on his teammates to go in the direction of Richarlison: "Come on! Come here! That was a beautiful goal! Don't let him get away, quick!"

"Ohhhh here it comes!"
"Ohhhhh human tower!!!"
"Hurry! He's running away!"

Brazil responded very quickly, and the players on the bench also rushed to the corner flag area to join the tower. Before Richarlison could react from his kneeling, he was pressed to the ground by a large number of teammates. The only consolation was that his captain and vice-captain were also pressed down with him.

[Haha! The Brazilian team played human stacking on the sidelines. There are so many young people, but they still know how to play.]

"Okay, okay, get up." Batistuta was squeezed in the middle. He stretched out his hand and pushed the arm of someone above him to signal, and at the same time quickly exchanged glances with Neymar, who was squeezed with him like a sardine.

When the human tower was about to dissipate, he took the opportunity of climbing up to grab Neymar's hand and placed it on the hem of his shorts.

"Pull!"

Neymar didn't have time to think about why Batistuta asked him to pull his shorts. He subconsciously followed the instruction and grabbed the cloth in his hand and pulled it.

As he stood up, Batistuta's shorts were pulled down.

Then--

It was as if a bright light shone out from under his shorts.

【Wow! ! ! 】

Through the broadcast camera, the whole world saw the bright underwear made of rainbow flags that the Brazilian captain wore under his shorts.

[Hahahahahaha! Oh my god! I can’t believe this!] The commentator almost closed his microphone and laughed wildly, [In the last World Cup, our Batistuta was on the hot search because his opponent pulled off his shorts and revealed his underwear with red lips. It seems that he put his experience of that year into practice this time! !]

Yes, Batistuta wore the rainbow flag and his teammates 'accidentally' pulled down his shorts and exposed it.

He used a very clever and hilarious way to express his attitude (which has nothing to do with the team) towards the rainbow ban. In just a few minutes, his social media accounts on various platforms saw a surge in followers, and the number is still growing.

"How is it?" The Brazilian captain raised his eyebrows, put on his shorts calmly, then smiled and looked at his vice-captain, "I told you I will show my support."

Neymar had no idea what to say. He was stunned for a few seconds and then burst out laughing.

It's really very Batty's style.

The camera quickly turned to Zidane, and the Frenchman made a gesture of holding his forehead with his hand to relieve his headache that was almost identical to that of another famous bald coach. Now he could finally understand Guardiola's feelings.

……

In the end, Serbia took advantage of Brazil's slackness and scored one goal, but it only saved the team a little face. Brazil defeated Serbia 4-1 and won its first victory.

After the game, a reporter asked Batty about his rainbow underwear, indirectly asking if he was deliberately boycotting Qatar's ban in this way.

Facing the camera, the Brazilian captain folded his hands and snorted disdainfully: "What? I'm here to compete, and I'm not allowed to wear underwear?"

So on the night of the game, Batty's name once again became a hot search.

(End of this chapter)