[football] walk side by side

Then, as everyone expected, he gave the vice-captain to Cyril.

This year's Portuguese national team, while leaving a lot of old faces, also has a lot of new faces. The goalkeeper has been replaced by Ricardo of Real Betis. Weiss and Ribeiro have been selected one after another, Nani is more on the forward line, and Cristiano, Simao and Gomez are still the main players in general.

Relatively speaking, the midfielder dominated by Cyril and Deco has not changed much.

The Portuguese players have no opinion on this change of position in the team. In this season, Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is undoubtedly the best in Europe of the year. As early as last year's qualifiers, he had worn the captain's armband , led Portugal to qualify for Euro 08, and was officially appointed captain at this time, which is also expected by many people.

As for the appointment of Cyril, it is not surprising. Although the overall performance of this season is not outstanding due to the several months of benching, Cyril is fully qualified in terms of strength and qualifications.

The appointment of the captain and deputy captain this time did not cause any waves in the Portuguese locker room, because everyone knew that it would happen sooner or later.

Cyril didn't feel much about it, maybe because he was too sensible, the appointment of the second captain did not bring him the slightest motivation due to responsibility or honor, and the usual training was still what it should be.

On the contrary, Cristiano was much more energetic. He usually worked hard in training, and now he was wearing the captain's armband, and he was even more active. He was quite excited to start the game immediately and win glory for the country.

June 2008, 6, Basel, Switzerland, St Jakob-Park Stadium.

"Many people outside are worried and even question us. They think that after the golden generation is gone, today's Portuguese national team is no longer enough to support the glory of Portugal. Portuguese football is also difficult to hit the highest championship, but I don't think so In the locker room before the game, Scolari was giving a mobilization speech to the players.

"Portuguese football will not break because of the loss of the golden generation. In my opinion, you who have grown up are no less than any player in the golden generation. This is the best opportunity to prove our strength to the outside world-as long as we win again Czech Republic, we will be able to successfully qualify from the group stage and enter the final round."

"We have only one goal in this game-that is to win this game! Prove to everyone that we are strong!"

"Yes!"

Scolari's speech was normal and ordinary, but it was enough to boost the morale of some Portuguese players, such as Cristiano.The only thing that made Cyril a little concerned was that when Scolari was speaking, the head coach's eyes would always fall on him intentionally or unintentionally.

In fact, it wasn’t just before this game. I don’t know from which day, Scolari has been extremely concerned about his training status, and it doesn’t mean that he didn’t care in the past. As the core of Portugal’s midfielder, Scolari has always been He paid great attention to the cultivation and training of Cyril in all aspects, but during this period of time, he has become more meticulous.

Is it because he was appointed as the vice captain, so he felt that he should take on more responsibilities?But I have never seen Scolari change his attitude towards Cristiano.

Cyril was a little puzzled, but he didn't say anything. As the head coach left the locker room first, he also stood up from his position and went to the court with the players.

After 10 minutes, the game officially started.

"The game has begun. The Portuguese team took the lead, and the Czech team won the right to pick a side." The commentator Rhine said, very few teams launch a thunderous blow at the beginning of the game. Most of the games start from The unhurried mutual exploration began, which gave him more things to introduce the background of the two teams to the fans.

"Compared to the European Cup in Portugal four years ago, the lineups of both teams in this European Cup have undergone great changes. The Czech Republic in 2004 can be described as brilliant stars. It was once hailed as the favorite to win the European Cup. Unfortunately, the dark horse In the competition, Reghar's Greece finally had the last laugh. Portugal is even more unfortunate, they fell directly at the feet of the Greeks and missed the championship that was close at hand."

"The main lineups of both sides have undergone major changes. The Portuguese golden generation has gradually withdrawn from the national team. Czech superstars such as Nedved and Smicer have gradually disappeared. For both sides, this game is a game. No small challenge."

On the field, the game has lasted for 5 minutes. The two sides have played each other's offense and defense in a safe test. The number of shots on target, the number of corner kicks and other data also show that each has an advantage.

Cristiano is still active in this game. It can even be said that because of the addition of the captain's sense of responsibility, although his activity area is mostly on the left side, his range is very large. The ball is also played well.

However, the Champions League champion a month ago also made him fall into the quagmire in this game. When necessary, in order to cut off the connection between Cristiano and the team, the Czech Republic will even have two or three people to deal with him at the same time. Flank.

"Bruckner seems to attach great importance to Ronaldo's personal ability. When he catches the ball in the frontcourt, he is often tackled fiercely by the Czech Republic. Although Portugal has good skills, it is still not as good as the Czech Republic in terms of physical confrontation..."

There was nothing wrong with Bruckner's tactics.

In the last game against Switzerland, the Czech Republic used this ferocious offense and equally ferocious defense to force Switzerland under their feet in the constant bombing, and it is the same in this game.

Portugal's offensive ability is also strong, and the style of play is also based on offense. The offensive group composed of Simao, Ronaldo and Gomez in the frontcourt is also full of firepower. It is impossible to completely defend the line of defense-the game in Moscow This has been proved, Chelsea's defense is not good, but the result.

It's not that Ronaldo seized the opportunity to score a goal!

In this way, it is understandable for Bruckner to adopt the same bombing attack against Switzerland.

But he ignored a very important point.

Portuguese players are very strong, but Ronaldo is not the only one who is strong.

In the 8th minute of the game, Cyril once again drove the ball to the frontcourt.

Grigera and Ujfalusi stood firmly near Cristiano. Once the ball fell in front of Cristiano, one of them would interfere with Cristiano's reception, and the other would fight back to fight for the ball.

At the same moment when Cyril drove the ball forward, Cristiano retreated synchronously, and Grigera chased after him without hesitation.

In the past games, Cristiano has always started to run at the same moment when Cyril received the ball and it has not been passed. At first, some people thought that Ronaldo was trying to attract the defense and create opportunities for others, but countless fell. The team at the foot of Portugal told others with a bloody lesson-Ronaldo moved simultaneously, just because he knew how Slade would pass.

As for the players in charge of defending Ronaldo, if they really think that Ronaldo is hesitating to attract defense, then it is often too late when they find out and chase back!

however……

GOOOOOOOOOAL!! GOOOOOOOOOAL! Goal! Anderson Deco! Portugal played a series of beautiful small area cooperation outside the Czech penalty area! Ronaldo and Simão involved Grigera and Rozena one left and one right Deco took the opportunity to jump in and throw the ball into the net!"

"Cech tried his best to open his arms, but the football jumped into the net faster than him! 1-0! Portugal scored the first goal!"

The Portuguese fans in the stands cheered heartily. Deco, who scored the goal, excitedly embraced Cyril, who assisted him. Scolari, who was sitting on the coach's bench, seemed to be much more stable.

The worry in Cyril's heart has not diminished.

The shortcomings of Portugal still exist-in terms of physical confrontation, the Portuguese, who is superior in technology but ignores physical confrontation, is not dominant in the game against the Czech Republic. Not weak, if this continues, it is difficult to guarantee whether Portugal will be scored by the Czech Republic next.

On the other hand, the Czech Republic itself does not lack players with excellent headers, but Portugal's air defense ability is far worse.

Before Cyril could think of a solution, his prediction was verified in the No. 17 minute of the game. After a successful steal, Garasek made a long pass to Sionko, who was in the Portuguese penalty area. Taking off and shaking his head, the ball passed over Ricardo's fingertips and smoothly entered the net!

The Czech Republic regained a victory!

"...In the 17th minute of the game, the two sides returned to the same starting line again. It seems that Portugal's defense against the Czech Republic did not have any effective measures. Carvalho and Ferreira did not have enough air defense capabilities. The attack in the frontcourt There are also certain problems, the Czech players are firmly stuck in the back, and when Ronaldo and Simao cannot open the gap, Portugal's offense is often interrupted, Scolari should consider changing tactics."

"Although Portugal was the first to score goals, Portugal is obviously relatively passive. They have a good enough offensive group, but they were cut off from the midfield by the Czech defense. Made a few good plays."

The 1-1 score continued until the end of the first half.

Maybe it was because he couldn't think of a way to deal with the Czech Republic for a while, or because he decided to save the opportunity for the intermission, Scolari didn't make a substitution in the middle.

Bruckner seemed to have the same idea as Scolari, and the Czech coach also did not make further changes to the situation on the field. The two sides tacitly maintained a 1-1 tie and put the outcome in the second half of the game.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time in the first half, the first half was declared over.

On the way through the player tunnel and back to the locker room, Cristiano was in a bad mood all the way. A draw would not be a score he was satisfied with. The most important thing was that he was restricted by the Czech Republic throughout the first half. Didn't find much chance.Cyril patted him on the shoulder reassuringly.

"Don't worry, Chris." Cyril said, his tone was calm, and he didn't deliberately suppress the volume. His voice was just at the point where all the Portuguese players around them could hear: "The age trend of Czech players is aging. In the second half In the game, their physical strength is bound to decline, it is impossible to limit you all the time, and the goal will come sooner or later."