our euro cup

Chapter 323 Bird Cage Tactics
Boksic's goal silenced the Portuguese fans.Although there are a large number of fans in Portugal, the support of the fans is not heavy. As long as the team on the court can perform well, even the side with a small number of fans can overwhelm the voices of most fans with a small number of fans. .

The most important thing is the performance on the field. As long as we can score goals, our fans will definitely have a moment of elation!

After Boksic's goal, our score has become 1:0.The coach once said that after we led 1:0, we started to focus on defensive counterattacks, not to score more goals, but to be more stable in defense, as long as we can attract Portuguese players to attack aggressively and press heavily. Up, we can make a quick counterattack!

Our forward line now has a very good kill shot. In the counterattack, if we can quickly face the Portuguese goalkeeper Baia and use our strong lore shot, we will definitely be able to break the opponent's goal.

However, the biggest problem now is that we are also a team with a strong offense and a weak defense. Similar to Portugal, most of our stars are concentrated in the midfield, especially in the forward line.Since Portugal's offense can be called top-notch in Europe, it must have its meaning.How can our defense be guaranteed to be able to withstand the Portuguese team's attack?
At this time, Portugal kicked off.Rui Costa and Luis Figo continue to work together wonderfully.They just used a few beautiful one-twos to pass our midfielders Boban and Prosinecki, and quickly rushed to our defense.The beautiful cooperation and wonderful offense attracted the applause of the fans in the audience. The Portuguese team is indeed a very good technical team. Their offense is as smooth as clouds and flowing water.

Rui Costa holds the ball in front of Simic.Rui Costa is both a ball master and a pass master, but under normal circumstances, he rarely uses the ball to attack, but uses a lot of passing to attack.But now, when he faced Simic, he did not force others, but flicked the ball lightly and passed it to Luis Figo beside him, and after Luis Figo received the pass from Rui Costa, The ball was passed directly forward without stopping the ball, and the ball was handed over to the striker in front of the goalkeeper Latic - Nuno Gomez!

Nuno Gomez came up from behind.At the moment when Luis Figo passed the ball, Nuno Gomez was not offside, and behind him was our other central defender Bilic!Nuno Gomez crossed Bilic's defense and rushed directly in front of Latic through an anti-offside form.Seeing that the situation was not good, Latic rushed out and kicked the ball with a tackle on the ground!

For a period of time, there has been turmoil in front of the goal of our Croatian team. The offense of the Portuguese team is really extraordinary, especially Rui Costa and Luis Figo's ability to control the field is very strong. When they control the field , we almost couldn't touch the ball, but their offense made us determined to defend and counterattack again, because we really couldn't spare a shot to counterattack for a while, so we must first ensure that we don't concede the ball, and then we can Slowly launch a counterattack.

Luis Figo and Rui Costa's possession of the ball is indeed extraordinary. When they were in possession, we were not able to grab the ball at their feet from the beginning to the end. However, since they want to control the ball, the ball will not be lost forever. Under their feet, the ball kept passing among the Portuguese players.They keep the ball outside our big box, ready to pull and move our lineup anytime, anywhere.

Their possession of the ball outside the penalty area has really put a lot of pressure on our defense line. Not only the four defenders, but also our four midfielders have all returned to our penalty area, and I am the only one. The man stands on standby in the middle circle, while Boksic is responsible for grabbing the ball at the feet of the Portuguese ball handler.This kind of division of labor and cooperation has compressed the space in our penalty area, so that the Portuguese team cannot break through our penalty area very smoothly.But Portugal were very patient, and when they realized that the attack was not going to work right away, they continued to pass around the front of our box, led by Rui Costa and Luis Figo, without rushing to shoot.Their tactics, in the words of the famous Japanese cartoon Captain Tsubasa, are called birdcage tactics. They just want to turn us into caged birds, trap us to death, and prevent us from grabbing the ball.Under their advantage in possession of the ball, if we rush forward to grab the ball in any position, they will in turn break through to our position, so that they will gain a local advantage in possession of the ball in our position. Even take advantage of the opportunity to cut in and get a chance to shoot.

Such a birdcage tactic made our defense line squeezed and breathless.In front of the Portuguese team, we really felt the power of other Latin faction teams in Europe. We are not the only ones in Europe who belong to the Latin faction, including Portugal, Spain, and various countries including Yugoslavia. Czech Republic - are all teams belonging to the European Latin faction.The European Latin School is very good in terms of technology. Their skills, their ball control, and their passing are very artistic.Just like the Portuguese team in front of them, they can use the ball to exert such a large pressure on our defense, which shows that they are already quite mature in the European Latin faction.

We must find a way to break the birdcage tactics of the Portuguese team. If we cannot break their birdcage tactics, we will not be able to play a decent counterattack.If it's just about letting them pass around in this place forever, they will eventually find our moment of slack and score a goal... So, we can't put our hopes on the fact that they will never break our goal.After all, football is a goal game, as long as we can score one more goal than theirs, we can win.At present, we have already scored one more goal than them. If we press forward, wouldn't the worst case be to be tied by them?However, in this way, we can control the Portuguese team tactically. I think this is our opportunity!
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