Witness the son of his teammate's European Cup debut! 20 years later, Xiao Xiaoluo is still catching up with the footsteps of the years

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2024-06-19 13:44Posted on the official account of Guangdong Football News

Reporter Han Bing reported that at the Signal Park Stadium of Iduna, Turkey 3-1 Georgia, 19 years and 114 days old Real Madrid demon star Güller broke the record for the youngest player to score on his European Cup debut set by Xiao Xiaoluo 20 years ago with a world wave that amazed the whole field (19 years and 128 days); Less than a quarter of an hour later, Portugal announced their starting line-up against the Czech Republic, and the Portuguese No.7, who was no longer known as Ronaldo, was on the list, and the record crushing machine in European football made history once again: the sixth time on the stage of the European Championship, which was unprecedented.

At the age of 39 years and 134 days, Ronaldo is still fighting against the years, still trying to chase the "eternal life" on the green field with every effort - he won the opportunity to make his 208th appearance for Portugal and his 26th appearance in the European Championship. His team-mates have also done everything they can to create chances for him to become the first player to score in all six European Championships. Unfortunately, time is the fairest "referee". He was Portugal's all-time first, but even though Portugal boss Martinez gave him 90 minutes, he couldn't be the savior of the team.

Fortunately, there are talented people in the country. Francisco Conceição, who played 112 seconds to score the stunner, is the son of Ronaldo's former colleague and former Portugal international Sergio Conceição. Stroking the hair of his former big brother Aiko, Ronaldo seems to see himself 20 years ago and the long traces left by time......

In the blink of an eye for 20 years, the world has changed. But Ronaldo is still the man who has always been passionate about the game. Before and after the game, people are paying tribute to him, even if he goes to the Saudi league to pan for gold, he never admits defeat, and he still uses the golden boot to prove to Martinez that he is "cheap and still good".

The Spanish media deliberately took stock of Ronaldo's European Cup debut in 2004 20 years ago, and some major events occurred, most of which are embarrassing The changes of the years, what remains unchanged are always Ronaldo's obsession:

In 2004, when Ronaldo made his debut in the European Cup, Messi, his eternal rival in his life, just made his debut in the Barcelona first team, the greatest coach in the history of Atletico Madrid, Simeone, was still a player in Atletico Madrid, tennis duo Federer and Nadal each won their first championship, the NBA championship was the Detroit Pistons who defeated the favorite Los Angeles Lakers, the largest and worst group fight in NBA history "Auburn Hills Palace" incident, and the "Maddie moment" of 35 seconds and 13 minutes were also in that year.

When Ronaldo made his European debut 20 years ago, Mbappe was 5 years old, Bellingham was 1 year old, and Yamal was not yet born. At the Athens Olympics that year, American swimming superstar Phelps won eight medals, but the U.S. men's basketball dream team lost to Argentina. There is one young player on the proud U.S. team who hasn't played on the bench, and that's LeBron James.

Facebook was also born that year, and without Twitter, INS and Tiktok, it was enough to revolutionize the human world. Today, the streaming giant Netflix (Netflix) was still focusing on the DVD business back then. 20 years ago, there was no iPhone, Apple's product that influenced the world was still the Ipod, and the Nokia 3310 was the best-selling mobile phone model. The Nintendo DS was launched, and it also changed the world.

The only thing that is the same as Cristiano Ronaldo: the presidents of Real Madrid and Barcelona are still the same as 20 years ago, and they are still Florentino and Laporta.

Twenty years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo's crying after losing to Greece in the final was still a classic scene at the European Championship. Twenty years later, Ronaldo has set a record of six European Championships. In addition to his shots, he also made two key passes, surpassing his idol Figo (42). Became the player who made the most key passes (43) at the European Championship since the statistic began in 1980.

Cristiano Ronaldo worked hard enough and tried to score as hard as he could. Portugal had several chances in the first half, all of which were related to Ronaldo. But after all, the years are not forgiving, and the 39-year-old Ronaldo is always a fraction of a goal away. In the 32nd minute, the one-shot offside was invalidated, two headers in the second half were destroyed by the Czech defenders, and in the 88th minute, the header hit the post, and Jota's supplementary shot into the net was invalidated for Ronaldo offside.

played the leading role for 90 minutes, but Ronaldo did not become the savior of the Five Shields Army that affected the outcome of the game. In his European Championship debut 20 years ago, Ronaldo came off the bench to score a goal and failed to bring back a victory for the team; But the Portuguese fans at the Leipzig Stadium were happy, and in this hard-fought clash against the Czech Republic, another youngster scored his maiden goal off the bench on his European Championship debut – Francisco Conceição, son of former Portugal international Sergio Conceição.

On 20 June 2000, Sergio Conceição scored a hat-trick in the group stage of Euro 2000 against Germany; Twenty-four years later, on June 19, Francisco Conceição once again responded to the question of his "relation" with a stunning goal worth 112 seconds after coming off the bench.

Conceição Jr., who has been "under the care" of his father Sergio since he was a child, has gradually shown his strength this season - he has performed well in Porto, coached by his father this season (although Sergio Conceição has stepped down after the season), and in the second half of Porto's Portugal national derby against Benfica, Conceição Jr. scored twice to give the team a 5-0 victory; In the warm-up match against Finland before the European Cup, the starter Conceição also scored 3 goals; And this time, old Conceição can finally raise his eyebrows.

Sergio Conceição failed to make it up to Cristiano Ronaldo's inaugural European Championship journey, bidding farewell to the Portuguese national team in 2003 and not even making his debut alongside Ronaldo. The two were selected for the national team list in the same period, but the last dance of the national team of the old Conceição, Ronaldo did not participate because he was called up by the Portuguese U21 national team.

Güller is the youngest debut goalscorer at the European Championships, and the son of a 21-year-old team-mate is the new savior of Portugal...... These new records are a reminder to Ronaldo that although he is still trying to catch up, time is still relentlessly throwing him away.

After the game, many celebrities praised Ronaldo's hard work and persistence, and while his spirit was commendable, he also kindly reminded him that at the tactical level, the help to the current Portuguese team is weakening.

England legend Shearer pointed out that his teammates gave Ronaldo too many passes, which affected the attacking tempo and efficiency of the Portuguese team. The most typical case is that in the 59th minute, B could have shot by himself, but still chose to cross Ronaldo and was stealed by the Czech defender.

In the knockout round of the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo became a substitute from the starter, but Portugal's new coach Martinez still maintains his trust in Ronaldo. Against this backdrop, if he faces a stronger opponent in the knockout round, will Martinez make the same choice as his predecessor Santos?

But 20 years later, whether he is still the protagonist or not, Ronaldo's mentality is at least calm enough. At 39 years old, he doesn't have the youthful speed and explosiveness of 20 years ago, and this European Championship is more like a curtain call for him.

Cristiano Ronaldo may be playing less and less tactical role for Portugal, but looking at the changes in the world in the past 20 years, people should applaud his persistence. Portuguese fans believe that Cristiano Ronaldo's goal will come sooner or later, and of course, they are even more eager to bring Ronaldo's 20th anniversary to a successful conclusion with a trophy.

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