Arindam: - Good evening viewers. In this episode of ‘Fantastic Football Fever’ program in your favorite ‘Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT)’ TV Channel, we have invited a famous Portuguese player, whose name is Nuno Gomez. Welcome to our show, Mr. Gomez. Now, let me ask you a question to test your general knowledge. Who was the first European to discover India through sea-route?
Gomez: - It was Vasco da Gama of Portugal.
Arindam: - Yes, you are absolutely right. In Goa, still today, you will find some Portuguese colonies.
Gomez: - Oh! Yeah…Goa is a lovely place in India. I have also heard that Goans are fond of playing football too.
Arindam: - People of Goa started playing football much later. It was the people of Bengal, who started playing football against the English people, when India was under the British rule. The Mohum Bagan team is the oldest club of India. Even you will be surprised to know that the flag of Mohun Bagan is almost similar to the national flag of Portugal. The flag of Mohun Bagan club is maroon and deep green colors. The national flag of Portugal has deep red and light green colors.
Gomez: - Wow! That’s really cool. But, I think that within the next 20 years, India should qualify for the World Cup. If North Korea and New Zealand can play good football, then why can’t India? North Korea really played well against Brazil. New Zealand footballers are not bad either.
Arindam: - North Korea is a good team! Is it so? Anyway, let us just check out from Mr. ARINAN about the match between Portugal and North Korea.
Mr. ARINAN: - in the 1st half, it was just an ordinary fight between North Korea and Portugal. Portugal was leading by 1 goal in the 1st half. Everyone was expecting a good fight from the North Koreans in the 2nd half. But, surprisingly, Portugal footballers just started hammering nails on the North Korean coffin. It was a fabulous match to watch. The Portuguese footballers were just running yards after yards and giving accurate passes to score goals. Portugal won the match with the second best margin of all World Cup tournaments. The score line was 7-0. It was the biggest ever win for Portugal in any World Cup.
Arindam: - Mr. Gomez, Portugal has destroyed the North Korean nuclear missiles. What is your opinion about that?
Gomez: - Well, that will be a huge confidence booster for our Portuguese footballers. Portugal is expected to give a good fight against Brazil in the next encounter, though that match is meaningless, but still, Portugal team should not become complacent.
Arindam: - in your times, you have not scored too many goals, but, you always acted like a game-maker. The way you used to pass the ball to the strikers and used to rotate your own position was just outstanding. You were in that Portugal team, which rocked in a Euro cup. Even the big teams like France and Spain were scared of Portugal in that time. Do you think that this Portugal team is also going to rock in this World Cup?
Gomez: - Yeah, this team surely has the potential to beat any team. If they have been able to score so many goals against North Korea, then it is because of the fact that they played in modern European club football style. In European club football, a footballer does not keep the ball in his feet for more than 5 seconds. He just passes the ball to his teammate and keeps on moving to accept the pass from other teammates.
Arindam: - Yes, you are right. Portugal team just did that against North Korea. But, the passes were in a zigzag fashion and were very much accurate, which helped them to score goals so easily. Anyway, Mr. Gomez, thanks for coming to our show. Viewers, we will end our show here, but, before we wrap up, our Mr. ARINAN will provide you the details of other matches. So, just stay tuned.
Mr. ARINAN: - The red colored Chile team was hot for the Switzerland. Hardly, the Switzerland team was able to construct any fruitful attack. Chile won by 1-0. In other match, Daniel Villa constructed the ‘Victory Villa’ for Spain by scoring 2 goals against Honduras. Villa missed a penalty to miss his hat-trick.
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