road to victory

Chapter 354 The Portuguese Golden Generation

The starting lineup of the two teams today is, France, goalkeeper Barthez, back four Lizarazu, Desailly, Blanco and Thuram, four midfielders, Deschamps, Vieira, Zidane and Petit Special, the forwards are Henry and Wiltord.One of the most standard French 442, defense is the main supplemented by counterattack.

Portugal is a 4231 formation, goalkeeper Baia, four defenders, Dimas, Joao Costa, Cotto, Xavier, two midfielders, Vidigal and Costinha, three midfielders , Figo, Rui Costa and Conceicao, single striker Nuno Gomez.

This is actually somewhat similar to Bordeaux's formation, but their striker Gomez is a master who has had a great time in the national team but has done nothing when he returns to the club.

After the national anthems of the two teams were played, the captain went to the middle to ask for a field.

At this time, Santini next to him leaned into Vincent's ear and said, "President Chirac is in the stands today."

"Uh..." Fan Shang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.I thought to myself, "This president is really interesting. As long as the game is slightly important, he will go to the scene to watch it. I guess he really likes watching the game."

Portugal, as a representative of the European Latin faction, has excellent skills and advocates offense.

Today is not after the start, Portugal continued their style, aggressively pressing forward, hoping to break through the French goal as soon as possible.

Rui Costa dispatched in the middle, and Figo and Conceicao were on the two wings, attacking the French penalty area wave after wave.

Although Portugal also has two defensive midfielders, these two are not purely defensive. Costinha and Vidigal will both participate in the offense. side.

Faced with this kind of offensive, France's defense is still very stable. With the assistance of two midfielders, the defense is defending in an orderly manner.

Portugal's single striker Gomez is a flexible striker, and it is difficult for him to hold a position in the middle, so Portugal's offense feels a bit thunderous and rainy.

Break through, transfer, break through again, pass in, and then be destroyed. This is Portugal's attack in the opening round.

Portugal's head coach Coelho frowned and watched on the sidelines for more than ten minutes. He felt that a change was needed, so he kept shouting and gesticulating on the sidelines. Although Vincent couldn't hear his words clearly , but Fan Shang also saw from the gesture that he made Portugal retreat appropriately and slow down the pace.

In this way, the two teams started a tug of war between you and me, but Portugal was mainly attacking and France was defending.

In the 13th minute, Rui Costa of Portugal gave the ball to Conceicao on the left from the center. Conceicao failed to break through Thuram's defense, so he passed back to Rui Costa again. This time Rui Costa pretended to shoot. , Let Vieira fall to the ground early, and then Rui Costa bypassed Vieira for a real long shot, but Rui Costa was too pursuing the angle and did not hit the ball within the goal frame.

However, Vieira's reckless move made Vincent frown a little. If this happens again, the French goal may be really dangerous.

Vincent pulled Lizarazu across the sidewalk and asked him to tell Vieira not to mess around, just follow him.Vieira's biggest problem when he was young was frizz. Now that he has gradually entered the peak period, this problem still occasionally recurs.

In the 20th minute, after Portugal took the goal kick, Conceicao and Figo ran a cross exchange, Figo ran to the right of France to receive the ball, and then passed back to Rui Costa, Rui Costa crossed the ball again Wear it to Conceicao on the left in France.

Conceicao didn't stop catching the ball with his back. Instead, he swiped the ball towards the center with his right foot, and quickly turned around to chase the ball. In this way, he passed Pettit, who was going to defend him closely, and then chased the ball. When he dodged Deschamps, he came over and tackled, and continued to dribble the ball to the middle.

At this time, Vieira was guarding the middle. After seeing the ball passed by Conceicao, he passed the ball and used his body to hold Conceicao behind him. There was no problem with this series of actions.

But the big question is, do you pass the ball and someone catches it?The answer is yes, but it was a Portuguese player who received the ball. Nuno Gomez has been moving inside and outside the penalty area. This time he saw that Vieira was only stuck and ignored the ball, so he came outside the penalty area decisively. When Vieira was concentrating on Conceicao's footwork, Blanco hadn't reacted yet.

Nuno Gomez suddenly appeared in front of the ball. Since he ran out of the penalty area, he was facing the goal with his back, but as a forward, he thought it was an opportunity, so he was still away from the ball. After two steps, he started to turn around. When he came to the ball, he just adjusted to the position of his left foot to shoot. Nuno Gomez also didn't stop the ball, and he volleyed without hesitation.

Barthez habitually stood outside the small penalty area, and the ball was fast and angled, and it flew into the upper right corner of the French team's goal when Barthez tilted his head.

"pxxxxx, mxxxx" Fan Shang couldn't help scolding a couple of French national curses.

But from the bottom of my heart, Nuno Gomez’s ball is really beautiful. From the search for opportunities, to the running, turning and adjustment before the shot, there is no sense of pause in one go, and the final shot also requires strength and strength. Angle, this ball is definitely a favorable contender for the most exciting goal in this European Cup.Of course, there is another point that Nuno Gomez himself is also handsome, which adds a lot to the excitement of this goal.

Just when the Portuguese team was celebrating their goal, Vincent finally called Vieira to his side, but there was no soft voice at this time, "Will you play? Twice, one long shot and one goal, If you can't do it, come down!" Fan Shang said quite bluntly, there is no time for detours in the competition.

"I'm sorry, Boss." The French player is also called Boss Vincent. Vieira knew that his mistake caused the goal, and he has nothing to justify.

"Remember, don't mess around, and if you can destroy the ball, destroy the ball first. Today they run a lot, you can't procrastinate like this!" Fan Shang couldn't really replace Vieira directly, so he had important instructions A few words, "I'll give you another 10 minutes, be normal, or today will be your last game of this European Cup."

"I know, boss, I will pay attention." Vieira nodded firmly.

"Okay, don't worry, be steady!" Fan Shang patted Vieira on the back, telling him to return to the game.

Nuno Gomez's goal made it 1-0 on the field.

(End of this chapter)