[football] walk side by side

Just as the players on both sides stepped onto the court, the commentator also began to broadcast the lineups of both sides.

Portugal.

Goalkeeper: Ricardo

Defender: Bosingwa, Pepe Cavallo, Ferreira

Midfielder: Slade Moutinho, Deco

Forward: Ronaldo Simao Gomez

Spain.

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas

Defender: Capdevila Puyol Marchena Ramos

Midfielder: Xavi Fabregas, Iniesta, Cena Silva

Forward: Torres

"The lineups of both sides are basically the usual lineups since the European Cup... They have already set up their formations. Spain will take the right to take the side, and Portugal will kick off first!"

With the whistle of the referee, Cristiano passed the ball back to Deco directly after kick-off, and then ran forward by himself - it is worth mentioning that his speed is much slower than before , It can be seen that it is deliberately slowing down.Deco, who received the ball, did not organize an attack immediately. He took the ball and ran a few steps forward. Before Torres on the opposite side came over to grab the ball, he knocked the football to Cyril who was further back.

"Portugal have been passing the ball back, they don't seem to be going to start fast - of course, it's a normal thing, very few teams open wide in a situation like a European Cup final. Great deal, as evidenced by the fact that Scolari moved Slade back to the midfielder again, it can be seen that the Portuguese coach does not intend to take risks."

"Maybe we will see a typical European Cup final - conservative, boring and boring." The commentator Robert commented.There was some regret in his tone, but he quickly restrained himself.

This is not a surprise. Most teams will make similar conservative choices when facing the European Cup final. In 2004, Greece was able to defeat Portugal, which was in full swing at the time, except that they themselves were an iron-blooded discipline In addition to the team, the defensive play of utilitarian football is also a very important part.

This is why more and more people think that large-scale competitions such as the European Cup and the World Cup are not good-looking. On the one hand, top players cannot be consciously assembled into the same team. On the other hand, these games are too important. As a result, both participating teams will focus on solid defense in the game. The extraordinary excitement and goals seen in the Champions League in the usual leagues have become rare.

But the game in front of me is far from the European Cup final that the commentator said——

Ten seconds after the commentator predicted that Portugal would turn the game into a dull one with a conservative approach, Gomez fired the first shot.

Portugal's pass-back came to an abrupt end at Moutinho's end, with the Portuguese midfielder receiving the ball with a brilliant through-ball.Every time you talk about Portuguese midfielders, many people will immediately think of Cyril, but this does not mean that Portugal does not have other outstanding midfielders, such as Moutinho.

In terms of shooting and defense alone, Moutinho is far away from Cyril and Deco. Even his best at organizing the ball has not reached the level of Cyril, but in terms of organizing offense It can be said that this player's passing ability is actually quite good.

At this time, after Moutinho got the ball, he immediately instigated an exquisite and fast long pass, because the scope of this pass was mainly in the Portuguese area, so there was no obstacle, and the ball rolled to the goal in the blink of an eye. At Cyril's feet, the latter immediately moved forward after taking the ball. Before Torres ran close, Cyril directly changed direction and accelerated to prevent the possibility of a collision between the two, and then plunged into the Spanish midfielder.

Before being targeted by Silva and Senna, Cyril dribbled the ball directly in the direction of Xavi and Fabregas - to be exact, the direction of Fabregas.

Spain is not without changes in this game - the main Spanish player Villa was injured before the game, which led to Cesc Fabregas standing on the court instead of Villa.As the saying goes, pick the softest persimmon, although strictly speaking Cesc Fabregas is not soft, and there is also Xavi not far from him watching, but for Cyril, it is the middle class who wants to break through Spain. Field, here is the best choice.

——What's more, he has no intention of breaking through at all.

The arrival of Fabregas to Cyril can be described as a formidable enemy. At this time, the Spanish midfielder did not light up the defensive skills at all, but Cyril's ability to break through is well known.He didn't want to go one-on-one with Cyril, because the consequences must be passed, so he slowly slowed down, trying to delay Cyril's speed, and waited for Harvey to come to the defense.

But that's exactly what Cyril wanted!

He took the football and pretended to break through, but when Fabregas retreated, he slanted his foot and sent the ball to Gomez's feet.The latter faced Spain's complete defense and directly shot a long shot!

The ball flew off the goal post and over the baseline.

After 1 minute, Spain quickly responded to Portugal's shot just now.

Harvey instigated the attack in midfield and delivered a wonderful pass.Fabregas and Iniesta dribble past Deco in the center circle with a simple but effective wall-to-wall combination, and Iniesta, who continues to dribble, sends a high ball through Portugal's frontcourt and the ball flies through the air A semi-circular arc skipped Cyril and Moutinho, and landed in front of Torres.

Torres drove the ball straight into the penalty area, but Carvalho did not give him a further chance.Pepe blocked his forward position, forcing Torres to stop slightly. Pepe seized this fleeting moment and kicked the ball out of bounds.

These two shots did not cause too much threat to both sides, but there were still applause from the fans in the stands.

Although they failed to score a goal, the wonderful cooperation of the players made people's eyes shine. Naturally, the fans will not be stingy with their applause and encouragement.

Robert touched his nose in embarrassment—but he is also a veteran narrator, and this embarrassment was quickly forgotten by him: "Well...it seems that I have to retract my foreword. It was an unusual European Cup final, maybe not bold enough, but definitely better than the one between Greece and Portugal."

The Spanish fans laughed at his self-defeating commentary.When it comes to gorgeous and beautiful offensive football, many fans will immediately think of the Netherlands, but in fact, Spain's style of play is not inferior-this can be seen from the styles advocated by Real Madrid and Barcelona.

It is no exaggeration to say that the style of the Spanish national team is artistic football.

It is precisely because of this that Spanish fans dismissed Robert's words: What is boring!We are not Greek utilitarian football!

The Portuguese fans' reaction to this is undoubtedly stronger-the European Cup four years ago is still a scar in the heart of Portugal. What does the commentator want to do by repeatedly mentioning Greece?Shhh him!

For a while, the fans booed everywhere in the stands.

Robert had to be silent.

Cyril observed Spain's position and movement during the game.

It seems that Portugal and Spain seem to be back and forth and playing wonderfully, but in fact the two sides are still in the stage of testing each other before the start of the game, but compared to the previous cautious and conservative way of testing, this time Portugal and Spain chose to attack. In the middle of the test, although the small-scale cooperation is impressive, it is basically impossible to really tear the opponent's defense.

The midfielders on both sides are well aware of this.A truly lethal attack will only suddenly launch a thunderous blow when it gradually understands the opponent's movement and finds a loophole that can be exploited.

It is obviously not enough to find out the opponent's situation through ordinary offense or passive defense - Cyril decided to try again after thinking about the information he had obtained so far.

In the 201st minute of the game, Bosingwa passed the ball to Moutinho after a successful steal. Moutinho launched a long pass at 45 degrees and sent the ball directly to the midfield. Cyril and Cristiano looked at each other. Know each other's intentions.

Spain's defensive midfielders each have a certain goal in defense. For example, Silva is mainly responsible for Cristiano's side attack, and Gomez is handed over to Senna.Xavi and Iniesta will make certain repairs according to the defensive system.

What if... so?

At the same moment when Moutinho sent the ball to the frontcourt, Cyril accelerated and rushed to the frontcourt synchronously. Senna thought he was going to catch the ball and break through, and immediately deviated to the middle, ready to respond.Unexpectedly, Cyril suddenly changed direction and accelerated, turned to the left, and made a cross movement with Cristiano who was running in the opposite direction!

The ball rolled to Cristiano's feet!

The person in front of him suddenly turned into Cyril, and Silva couldn't react to it in time. Cristiano caught the needle and passed the ball back to Cyril surrounded by Senna and Fabregas.

There was a momentary gap in Spain's defense!

However, at the same moment, Iniesta's position retreated - he was not attracted by Cristiano's dribbling. This retreat seemed useless, but he made up for it when Marchena moved left. He left the vacancy in the middle.

Why did Marchena move left?

Because just as Silva was out of position, Ramos, who was slightly behind as a full-back, made up simultaneously and accurately blocked the angle of Cyril's shot. Xavi then blocked Gomez and blocked The possibility of Cyril passing back again.

Iniesta's retreat made up for the gap left by Ramos, and the running positions of Ramos and Harvey jointly cut off the possibility of Cyril passing or shooting, and in just two seconds The time not only made up for Spain's vacancy, but also gave Silva time to react. The latter took the opportunity to kick the ball under Cyril's feet.

"Oh oh oh! Beautiful cooperation! Portugal's offense is very sharp. The crossover between Slade and Ronaldo surprised Silva and Senna, but Spain's defense is also impeccable, making Portugal's another offense useless And back!"

really.

Spain's defense in the midfield is very stable. Even if Silva loses his position on the wing, Ramos will follow up to make up for it.On the other hand, Harvey's running position seems to be just returning to the defense. In fact, he consciously cuts off Portugal's offensive formation and does not give Cyril a chance to pass back.

It may be difficult to tear through Spain's defense by simply opening the gap.

Cyril thought silently, and the speed under his feet did not slow down at all.

At the same moment when Silva poked the ball out from under his feet, Cyril turned around and ran back without thinking, because he knew that Spain's counterattack was coming!

The ball that Silva poked out was caught by Puyol. The Spanish defender glanced ahead and found that his frontcourt had quickly recovered its formation, and then passed the ball to Xavi.

This pass seemed to be a signal. The Spanish players began to move forward significantly. Senna and Silva basically stayed behind. , ready to respond to Harvey's pass.

Harvey took a few steps forward. Facing Simao who was pounced on him, he made a gesture to break through to the side. In order to poke, the ball rolled lightly between Simao's legs, and Iniesta, who came a few steps ahead, controlled it first.

His best choice was originally a loophole caused by Cyril's sudden forward drive, but Cyril's return to defense was faster than he imagined. Here Harvey just passed the ball to his feet. Er also rushed back to his position at the same time.

but it does not matter.

Iniesta ignored the pressing Moutinho and made a short cross, kicking the ball wide.The Spanish player closest to the point where the ball landed was Cesc Fabregas. To be on the safe side, he planned to cooperate with Torres to pass Cyril. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Torres who was getting closer, and Fabregas immediately Making a gesture to break through to the right, Cyril seemed to be deceived by his fake action, and his center of gravity was slightly shifted to the right——

It's now!

Cesc Fabregas' eyes lit up, and he raised his foot to pass the ball to Torres. However, at the same moment he was about to kick the ball over, Cyril also suddenly changed the direction of his center of gravity, and he was stuck on Fabregas. On the only way with Torres!

cheated!

Fabregas didn't see all of Cyril's movements at first, but he could clearly hear the exclamation from the fans' stands not far away. He cursed inwardly, never expecting that Cyril's reaction would be so fast At this point, but at this time, it was too late to sigh for the opponent's quick action, he gritted his teeth, but at this moment, he couldn't forcefully change the direction of the football, so he could only let Cyril Passed the ball to an area densely populated by Portuguese players.

This time, Spain's attack ended with Cyril forcibly deflecting his center of gravity, losing his balance and falling to the ground, but at the same moment he barely kicked the ball towards Portugal's backcourt.

Cesc Fabregas's brows were frowned, depressed and unconvinced. As the saying goes, there is no first place in literature, and no second place in martial arts. Cyril and him are both in the Premier League, and Arsenal and Chelsea are the two of each other. It is really not a friendly team. The two as the core of the midfield will inevitably be drawn out by the media for comparison.But after all, the two had met each other, and he was so depressed that he still stretched out his hand to Cyril who was on the ground.

Cyril was also polite, stood up following his strength, and smiled slightly at Fabregas: "Thank you."

"Ah?" Fabregas was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously responded, "Nothing..."

He hadn't finished his sentence yet, and he couldn't finish it-because at the same time that Cyril finished thanking, Deco passed a cross pass in the middle at the same time. He just wanted to say nothing, and saw Cyril As if there were eyes on the side, he accelerated immediately after receiving the ball, and easily passed the unresponsive Cesc Fabregas.

He suddenly realized that he might be a little self-indulgent - it's not so much that Cyril was thanking him for reaching out to pull him up, it's not that...

Fabregas suddenly had a heart attack.

The only thing that can make him feel gratified is that his teammates also did not leave any gaps for Portugal.This time, Cyril did not go forward again. After passing Fabregas, he drove a through ball in the middle circle to Cristiano in the frontcourt, who dribbled the ball from the side all the way to In the penalty area, under Iniesta's consciously shrinking defense line, he has not been able to find a better angle, so he can only try a hasty shot.

The shot didn't even pose a threat to Casillas - the ball went over the net and flew into the corner beyond the net.

"...Ronaldo, shoot! Hey... the goal is too high. The first half is coming to an end, and the score between the two sides is still 0-0. I have to say that this is a special European Cup final. Judging from the score, This game is easy to give people a feeling of dull process, but obviously this is not the case for this game between Spain and Portugal. In the first half, neither side found any good opportunities, but both sides are working hard The offense also played a lot of wonderful cooperation in offense and defense, it can be said that it is a game with both ornamental value and technical value."

For neutral fans, this game may be enjoyable for them to watch, but for fans of both sides, this may not be the case.

Even the players on the field at this time may not be in a better mood.

Cyril was very cautious.

He treats every game with extreme caution, but this game against Spain is obviously very different from the past.Not only because this is a European Cup final, but also because this is the first game he has played in the past year, and his own midfielder does not occupy any advantage in strength.

The Spanish midfielder led by Iniesta did not leave any opportunity for Portugal.