[football] walk side by side

As the saying goes, squandered opportunities will be punished.

It didn't take long for Portugal to pay for the chances it squandered.

After throwing the ball to nearby players, Cech gestured with his hand while loudly instructing the Czech defenders to stand. The shocking Czech defenders quickly calmed down under the command of the defense core, and the Czech defense gradually improved.

Cyril's heart froze.

This player named Cech is obviously not only good at saving, but he is very good at commanding the defense line. Although the Czech defenders are average, under his command, at least the defense line has overlapped in the position. stand up.

It is basically impossible to directly tear through the defense with a long pass.

You can only rely on the running between players to tear apart the defense, and then look for opportunities.

However, before Cyril found the opportunity to attack again, Quaresma in the frontcourt conceded the ball.

The Czech defense line is good, but this does not mean that Quaresma can beat two. Under the siege of the defenders in the Czech penalty area, Quaresma was unable to react in time and was cut off by the opponent.

After stealing the ball, the Czech defender immediately passed the ball to his midfielder. The Czech player who received the ball did not stick to the ball.

The offensive end of the Czech Republic cooperated very tacitly at this time. They vaguely formed a triangle formation and attacked Portugal's half. Pass the ball to the other offensive player.

They didn't pay attention to speed, nor did they pay attention to the handsome galloping for thousands of miles. Instead, they infiltrated Portugal's defense step by step through continuous short passes, and finally scored an ordinary goal.

But that's enough.

"Al! The Czech Republic's offense is as simple and sharp as ever! Although their performances are not gorgeous or handsome, they can always score goals smoothly! 1:0, the Czech Republic, which has been under pressure throughout the half, took the lead. Goal! Portugal, which was unanimously optimistic before the game, fell behind. I wonder how Wen Haisi will choose to deal with it?"

Wen Haisi's eyes were fixed on the court, and his brows were almost wrinkled.

The situation he hopes for is: If Portugal can gain a one-goal advantage through the opening fast break, then the next game will at least be easier to play.No matter how bad it is, it can put pressure on the Czech defense line and affect the opponent psychologically.

Although the outside world has always called the Czech Republic a "dark horse", the fact that they can reach the final is enough to prove that the Czech Republic is not a dark horse, but a strong u21 team with good strength.

Playing against the Czech Republic is not an easy task. This is a very low-key and tenacious team. Although the defense is not good enough, Cech's command is enough to make up for it. The offensive end is all defeated by Huss. Pragmatism, all passing offenses are cautious and cautious, reducing the chance of mistakes to the lowest point.

How to do?

Offensive of course!

But looking at the expressions of the players at this time, Wen Haisi hesitated again. The long pass and fast break in the opening game failed to score the goal as expected, but was scored first by the Czech counterattack. The players on the field were feeling a little anxious at this time , thinking about scoring a goal to get back the score.

But it is precisely because of this mentality that Portugal's defense line is a little messed up.

When in a team, some people think about attacking to get back the score, while others want to temporarily stabilize the situation by defending to avoid losing more points, the inconsistency in thinking can easily lead to loopholes in the defense .

This is the situation in Portugal at this time.

Of course, Cyril did not ignore the impatience of his teammates.

Instead of calling back Cristiano and Quaresma, who were still looking for opportunities to attack in the frontcourt, he retreated and participated in Portugal's defense to help Costa reduce the pressure on defense.

Although the defense of the Czech Republic was sorted out well by Cech, the essential fragility caused by the strength of the defenders still exists. For Portugal, offense is still the best choice, but it is not the moment when the morale of the Czech Republic is high and Portugal's thinking is confused.

Offense still has to attack, but the premise is to stabilize the defense.

In the No.306 minute of the first half, the Czech Republic got a corner kick.

The Czech strikers did not waste this opportunity. One of the center forwards accurately judged the first landing point of the ball in front of the goal and pushed the ball into the net!

This goal made half the stadium boil!Corresponding to this is the Portuguese fans who can't help but cover their faces and can't bear to watch anymore: In this kind of large-scale game, it is not easy to come back after falling behind by two goals, especially if the opponent And a goalkeeper who is as good as a wall!

"There are still 7 minutes until the end of the first half, and the Czech Republic will make another victory! As we can see, this is a very good group. There may not be amazing talents among them, but there is such a tacit understanding The low-key cooperation allowed them to kill one after another strong opponents in the youth competition! Of course, Portugal still has a second half to get back the score, but their situation is not good now, and it can be seen that their state has become a little messed up It's..."

Cyril couldn't help but frowned.

He can only see the situation on the court more clearly than the commentator and Wen Haisi.If the first goal just made the Portuguese players anxious to get back the score, then the second goal made most players feel at a loss.

Players like Cyril and Cristiano who have played a lot of experience in the Portuguese Super League may still be able to maintain confidence, but for many players who have only played in the Portuguese League or even youth team competitions, 2 : The score of 0 is enough to destroy their confidence. After all, the mentality of young players is extremely unstable.

The most important thing is that Cyril's retreat made up for the lack of defense, but the chaos of the frontcourt attack system has no solution-the situation of falling behind by two goals and frequent offensive interruptions made both Quaresma and Cristiano A little impatient, they began to try more individual breakthroughs, rather than team offense.

If this continues, Portugal will only lose more points!

Watching Quaresma and Cristiano, who were constantly trying to make personal breakthroughs in the frontcourt, Cyril made a decision.

……

In the last few minutes of the first half, everyone noticed a very strange situation.

Portugal, which was two goals behind, not only did not press up to attack, but began to pass the time by constantly holding the ball.

Portugal's defense has always been maintained in its own midfield, and the ball has been passed under their feet, always staying within the range of the midfield, even though Cristiano and Quaresma in the frontcourt keep asking for the ball , everyone seemed to have never seen it at all, stubbornly executing this incomprehensible tactic.

"Strange, what are the Portuguese thinking? Now that they are behind by two goals, instead of attacking, they are defending in their own half. Don't they want to win?" The commentator's voice also revealed Puzzled.

Wen Haisi frowned for a while, but what came to mind was the tactic of Mourinho resting when Porto had the ball.

Only half of the game time has passed. The Portuguese players definitely don't need to rest. Cyril chose to keep the ball in the midfield. It doesn't look like a rest, but more like a defense through this kind of rest?After all, it is safer to control football under one's own feet anyway.

After figuring this out, Wen Haisi breathed a sigh of relief.

Strictly speaking, Portugal also belongs to the kind of team whose offense is stronger than defense. In other words, the defense is relatively good, but the two goals behind have messed up the offense in the frontcourt. Cristiano and Quaresma are anxious. Both of them couldn't help but go it alone.Although it may not be impossible to find a chance to regain the score with the abilities of these two people, but after all, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

In case the Czech counterattacks and makes another victory, then Portugal will be finished.

Wen Haisi wants to calm down his players, but in many cases, the emotions of the players themselves cannot be changed by the head coach with a few words or gestures. If you want to change the mentality of the players, you can only wait for the intermission to appease them. .

At this moment, as long as you don't lose points, it is the best choice.

The fact is indeed as Wen Haisi thought, until the halftime break, the score did not change in the end.

"Cyril," Quaresma couldn't help but stop Cyril when everyone walked to the locker room together in the player tunnel. He looked a little puzzled, and there were some faint complaints: "We clearly Can have a good chance to counterattack, why don't you pass the ball to me?"

Quaresma's voice was not loud, only a few people standing next to Cyril could hear it.Of course, Cristiano did not miss this issue that he was also concerned about, but his inner awkwardness and the same unhappiness made him choose to pass the two of them directly, and walked straight to the locker room with a sullen face.

"If I passed the ball to you at that time, can you guarantee that you will definitely score?" Cyril asked back: "When you are trying to fight alone, do you think you can tear through the Czech defense alone? ?”

"..." Quaresma was dumbfounded for a while. It is undeniable that when he found that the cooperation with his teammates could not open the situation anyway, what Quaresma wanted was to break the situation through his own personal ability, but that was what he thought in his heart. When Cyril pointed it out unceremoniously, he was also a little unconvinced: "I don't have to make a personal breakthrough, you can also come up and cooperate with me..."

Cyril didn't speak, just looked at him with a half-smile.

But Quaresma clearly saw the distrust in his eyes, but at this moment he couldn't question Cyril's distrust, because he knew that what Cyril said was the truth—at that time , No matter whether his teammates came up to cooperate with him, he didn't intend to cooperate.

This made him shrink back and shut his mouth, and finally walked back to the locker room in silence.