Half a minute after the game resumed, referee Rocky blew the whistle to end the first half.

The cheers and celebrations in the stands did not stop because of the whistle. The Portuguese fans were very excited.

"Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2-year-old captain of Portugal, scored twice to help Portugal lead Spain 1: at halftime!" Andy Gray shouted.

"Santos' Portugal showed everyone their offensive football, especially the second goal. The whole process of scoring was like an art of attack. The speed, breakthroughs, wonderful passes, shots, and follow-up shots did not give the Spaniards any chance!" The commentator of AbolaTV, Portugal's largest sports TV station, said excitedly.

In the Portuguese home team's locker room, Santos was in high spirits. He praised every player: "Well done! Very good! Listen to the cheers in the stands and look at the lost and incredible expressions of the Spaniards. They were stunned by our beating."

"In the second half, we will continue to play like this!" Santos said.

"Coach, did we win this game?" Bernardo Silva shouted excitedly.

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Everyone was also stimulated by this question. They looked at their head coach excitedly. This was a very simple arithmetic problem. Although they could come to the conclusion themselves, they still wanted to get the answer from the head coach. It seemed that such a simple question would have a different magic when answered from this person's mouth.

"Yes, according to the score, we will be the winner of the game." Santos answered in the affirmative.

There was cheering in the locker room.

"But I hope you don't think about winning the game, don't think too much." Santos said with a serious expression, "In the first half, we played so well because we didn't think too much, didn't have so many distractions. What we have to do now is the same as in the first half, don't think too much, do your best, as for the result, you have to believe that God helps those who help themselves!"

Some people listened to it, while others were still immersed in joy and thinking about winning the game.

Santos has no good solution for this. Humans are thinking animals and have ideas. At this time, it is impossible not to think about winning the game. Santos can only hope that this will not have a negative impact on the players' game state and psychology.

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In the visiting team's locker room, the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.

"Today was really weird," said center back Pique. "No matter how many shots we made, they couldn't score, but they scored every time they shot."

"Yeah, yeah, Isco hit the woodwork twice, what bad luck."

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The Spanish players were talking about it. They were not worried about the two goals scored by Portugal. The opponent's two goals were very exciting and they were just unhappy at most. But what made them most depressed was that their luck was too bad. In the first half of the game, Spain took 15 shots but didn't score a single goal and hit the goal frame twice, while Portugal took seven shots and scored two goals.

"Okay, don't think about the first half." Hierro clapped his hands. "Although our luck was not very good in the first half, it also shows one thing. There is no problem with us. It's just that our luck is worse. So in the second half, as long as our luck is a little better, scoring goals will not be a problem, and winning will not be a problem."

What Hierro said is correct. With Spain's strength and form, as long as their luck is not so bad, they are confident of scoring goals and winning.

But there is one thought that lingers in the minds of the Spanish players: What if there is no change of luck in the second half of the game and it remains the same weird situation?

Do not underestimate this psychological impact. If Spain had one or two sure-shot goals in the second half but failed to score due to luck, the players' psychological pressure and confusion would only become more intense.

Hierro did not make any adjustments to the team's lineup. As he himself said, the team was trailing 1:2 in the first half. It was not their own problem, but just bad luck, so there was nothing that needed to be adjusted.

Not only does the lineup not need to be adjusted, there is nothing that needs to be changed in tactics. Spain's fifteen shots say it all, there is no problem with the team.

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Before the start of the second half, Hierro comforted the somewhat depressed Isco: "Don't think too much. No matter how bad your luck is, you can't hit the goal frame three times. Come on in the second half!"

Isco nodded sullenly. He was a little depressed, but the coach was right. Hitting the goal frame twice was already unprecedented bad luck. It couldn't get any worse.

At the start of the second half, Spain showed their football on the field.

In the 53rd minute, David Silva took a free kick from the middle of the frontcourt into the penalty area. Busquets headed the ball from the right side of the penalty area, and Costa followed up with a shot in front of the goal, and Spain equalized the score.

The Spaniards were greatly encouraged by the quick equalization, and their performance became even better. Just four minutes later, Nacho volleyed the ball from the right outside the penalty area. The ball hit the post and bounced into the net, and Spain reversed the score 3:2.

The goal frame was also hit, but Nacho's shot made the Spanish players ecstatic. After two goals were rejected by the goal frame in the first half, the third goal frame made the Spanish players feel that their luck had really turned!

The Portuguese were a little confused by the fact that they lost two goals in a short period of time, and their performance fluctuated greatly. Spain's advantage on the field became more and more obvious, and they even put continuous pressure on Portugal's goal.

This also made the Portuguese players impatient.

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Portugal head coach Santos finally couldn't sit still anymore. He made two substitutions in the 67th minute of the game. Joao Mario replaced Moutinho, and Quaresma replaced Bernardo Silva.

After the substitution, Portugal also completed the formation change and switched back to their most familiar 433. Bruno returned to his most familiar attacking midfielder position, Joao Mario and William Carvalho formed a double defensive midfielder, and Ronaldo, Guedes and Quaresma formed a forward trident.

Santos is planning to fight to the death!

Almost at the same time, Hierro also made a substitution, with veteran Iniesta being replaced by Thiago. Hierro continued to strengthen midfield control and planned to steadily turn the advantage on the field into a winning advantage.

"Both sides made adjustments. Hierro replaced veteran Iniesta with Thiago. On the Portuguese side, Joao Mario and Quaresma also came on as substitutes. It is obvious that Spain wants to stabilize the situation and secure promotion, while Portugal only needs one goal to equalize the score, which also gives them hope of a comeback!" said Andy Gray happily.

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