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Of course, Cyril would not let go of this excellent opportunity to counterattack.

According to Mourinho's original plan, Portugal played in the usual style of the World Cup in the opening game-mainly cautious and probing, but this does not mean that when the opportunity to control the ball falls to their feet, they will remain indifferent and stick to stability .

Mourinho did not order so, and Cyril did not intend to do so.

Cyril, who intercepted the football ahead of time, kicked the football to Coentraan, while turning his head around, ready to respond at any time, while scanning the positions of the Argentine players very quickly, and quickly analyzing in his heart——

It can be seen that Argentina has made a lot of preparations for this opening attack. The players' running positions and cooperation are also the result of training. In addition, Portugal's reaction is not fast enough. If the pass was intercepted before Messi, Argentina's surprise attack might really succeed.

But now that he has intercepted the pass, he will naturally give Argentina a "surprise gift".

He glanced across the field quickly, and saw the gap between the midfield and the backcourt at a glance.In the fast attack just now, Mascherano played the role of the midfield organizer after kick-off, which made him have to assume the role of the promoter in the attack.

And he is obviously not a qualified midfield organizer.

If Argentina were facing an ordinary team, Mascherano might have had time to get back, but would Cyril give him time to react?

The answer is of course no-Cyril moved quickly while directly making an action of raising his hand to ask for the ball. After running to an unmarked place, Coentraan immediately sent the football over!

Cyril did not run directly to Argentina's gap, but ran across the gap between the midfield and the backcourt, which also led to Coentrao's pass directly penetrating Argentina's midfield defense and falling to Cyril's feet.

Messi's heart sank.

From the moment the football was intercepted by Cyril, Messi, who had a bad feeling, immediately chose to turn around and return to the defense, but it was obviously too late—or, the reaction of the guy who has always been considered his old enemy Faster than him, almost at the same moment when the football rolled to Cyril's feet, Cristiano, who was still cruising in the backcourt desperately trying to defend, suddenly changed direction and rushed directly to the Argentine half.

And when Coentrao passed the football to Cyril again, Cristiano's position also completed the transition from his own backcourt to Argentina's backcourt.

Cristiano is the number one superstar that Argentine players need to be alert to. Although he doesn't have the ball at the moment, his appearance itself must control the running position for the Argentine defender and compress the space. But in terms of scoring, Siri Although Er is a midfielder, in terms of scoring ability, he will not lose much to Cristiano.

So, how will Portugal choose?

This question just flashed in the hearts of the fans present, and Cyril on the field simply passed the football to Cristiano——

"Oh! Slade chose to pass the football to Ronaldo. This choice is understandable. After all, Ronaldo is indeed the player with the strongest frontcourt scoring ability in Portugal, but now his shooting space is greatly reduced by Argentina. Even Ronaldo , I am afraid it is not so easy to score in this position..."

Before the word "thing" came out of the commentator's mouth, the fans in the stands couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation!

Argentine fans are fearful, while Portuguese fans are looking forward to it!

Although it is not without considering the possibility of Ronaldo passing the ball, when the players, coaches, and even the fans on the field watched Cristiano quickly send the football to Moutinho on the right without hesitation, many People still couldn't help being surprised.

Strictly speaking, Moutinho's shooting position is not much better than Cristiano's - or, although his position has an advantage over Cristiano, the Portuguese superstar's superb shooting skills are enough to make up for it. However, in the most important football match like the World Cup final, Cristiano, who has always been used to putting the pressure on himself and charging for the team, actually gave up the chance to shoot. To other players?

In an instant, all eyes turned to Moutinho in front of the goal.

There is no doubt that in the Portuguese team with Cristiano, except for Cyril and Pepe, the other players can only be said to be a foil, and the same is true of this good Portuguese midfielder.

Yet to everyone's surprise, Moutinho didn't seem to be surprised by the pass - he even seemed prepared for it, so much so that when the ball fell to his feet, the Portuguese midfielder He kicked the football neatly with one kick!

This is a good shot, but in the star-studded World Cup, it can only be said to be a regular shot. However, no one thought that it was such an ordinary shot that could not be more ordinary, and there was nothing amazing about it. Element's shot successfully sent the football into the net behind Romero!

The narrator was stunned.

The fans in the stands were also stunned.

Before this game, it is not that no one has imagined the specific situation of this game. Many European football betting companies even have some openings on "who scores first, who scores, and when the first goal arrives". Everyone chooses three kinds - Ronaldo, Slade, or Messi, there is no fourth possibility.

And now before their eyes is the most unlikely fourth possibility.

They imagined that Ronaldo, Slade, or Messi would score a match or shot that would amaze the audience at a critical moment, but no one thought that the first goal would be It came so fast, so... mundane.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOAL!! INCREDIBLE! Argentines have chosen a bold start unexpectedly and they paid for the risk - Moutinho opened the scoring for Portugal and Cristiano assisted him -Ronaldo! The game started less than 2 minutes ago, and now Portugal is leading 1-0, and now Argentina will be passive."

The commentator who quickly reacted continued: "Javier Mascherano has to bear a lot of responsibility for the goal. He didn't return to the defense in time after the attack. The disconnection of the midfield and the backcourt gave Portugal a chance to take advantage of it. Of course, it's nothing, there are still more than 80 minutes in the game, and Argentina has enough time to regain their advantage."

The Portuguese fans in the stands were cheering - their reason told them that the game had just begun, but this did not affect their elation for this wonderful start.

After Moutinho scored a goal, the live footage stayed on Moutinho for a while, but soon shifted to Cristiano intentionally or unintentionally.No matter what kind of thoughts the media have, the fact is that Cristiano was the first to embrace the goal Moutinho, and he naturally laughed like a child.

The Portuguese coach on the sidelines also smiled and applauded, his face still as confident as ever.

In contrast, the Argentine coach on the other side couldn't laugh.

Why make such a risky choice in the opening?

Martino didn't make this risky decision at will-it's not so much the Argentine coach's whim, it's better to say that this Argentina forced him to make such a choice.

To many fans, Argentina and Portugal seem similar.

The same has the best player in the world today, the same is always hovering on the edge of the Hercules Cup, but has never been able to take it into his arms. If I really want to say, Portugal is luckier than Argentina-at least they have won To the European Cup champion.

And when these two teams meet, and the background is the world's top World Cup final, how can it be a wonderful match?

The fans were full of expectations for this game, but Martino was far less confident than they were.

Frankly speaking, today's Portugal is not stronger than the golden generation back then, but it has an advantage that the golden generation did not have-conservative, stable and down-to-earth.

Back then, the golden generation was star-studded, proud and proud. They were not afraid of any team and dared to play against any team... This can indeed make it easy for Portugal to play wonderful games, but it is often easy to play against any team. Capsized in the gutter.But today's Portugal is different.

In terms of reputation, except for Cyril, Cristiano and Pepe, most of the Portuguese players are not superstars. There is no big mistake in their respective positions, but they can’t be said to be outstanding. Barely satisfactory.But it is this "ordinary" that makes them more low-key and tougher... and more difficult than the golden generation.

But that's not the main reason Martino chose to take the risk.

The Argentine coach glanced across the field and finally landed on Mascherano on the field, showing a somewhat helpless expression on his face.

Many fans like to talk about Messi's mediocre performance in the national team and Barcelona's outstanding performance to prove that Leo Messi is a system player.Regardless of the absurdity of this view itself, the person who would say such a thing obviously did not see the shortcomings of Argentina.

——Argentina lacks a truly world-class midfield core.

This so-called world-class midfield core does not simply refer to a midfielder. More precisely, this player should not only have a world-class level, but should also be an organizational midfielder.Not only has a certain interception ability, but also should have good control ability, advancement ability, and even scoring ability!

And Mascherano?

In terms of interception ability, the strength of this player can be said to be beyond doubt, but in terms of controlling the rhythm, to put it bluntly, let alone compare with Slade, he is even more powerful than Mutini in the Portuguese team. Audi can't compare!

The most desperate thing is that even Mascherano is already the choice of Martino in desperation!