football's most handsome

Chapter 382 Portuguese-French Semi-Finals

"Good afternoon, everyone! Welcome to the live broadcast of Sky Sports. At this time, there are still two hours before the second semi-final of the World Cup, between France and Portugal. The players of the two teams are already preparing to set off from the hotel to the Allianz Arena in Munich Stepping on the field... Before that, we can chat about our views on this game."

"That's right, we invited the former Portugal international Osiano to be a guest in our live broadcast room. Mr. Osiano, do you have anything to say about this game and the current Portugal?"

Ossiano smiled and said: "What can I say? This is a high-spirited Portugal. It is entirely possible for us to continue to move forward... If I have to pick out one shortcoming, it may be that the striker's ability to grasp is not good enough." , which requires us not to give each other any chances."

"Indeed, for the sake of reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup, none of the four teams should have obvious weaknesses. However, Portugal is different, compared to several other teams...or even with their own Compared with the middle length, the front line is too thin."

"Portugal has a lot of talent in the midfield, Deco, Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Juan Dias, Costinha... In contrast, there is only one Pauletta in the striker. , which is not good news for Portugal."

Osiano sighed and nodded: "We lack an offensive arrow... I know exactly what kind of coach Scolari is. The core of his tactics is not offense, but defense. This is not an easy task for Portugal. .”

The host nodded: "Especially when we know that the main central defender Andrade missed the World Cup due to injury in the league, this is not a very good idea, is it?"

Osiano nodded with a wry smile: "Actually, I heard that Scolari was furious about this, blamed Andrade's carelessness in front of the media, and even called the head coach of Deportivo to complain. After that... he called every other player and told them to avoid another injury. Luckily, Juan Diaz was free, I know this guy, his height and position sense All good, even perfect in terms of pace, which makes up for a lot in Andrade's absence."

The host laughed: "Portugal has only conceded [-] goals in the [-] games it has played, and no game has conceded more than [-] goals. Portugal's central midfielders have contributed a lot."

"That's right," Osiano frowned, "It's just that compared to a solid defense, we still need to work harder on offense... Especially in terms of the striker's ability to seize opportunities, our boys are not so perfect. "

The host understood: "You mean?"

"Six games, [-] goals, it seems like a good result ... but eight of them were scored in the group stage, especially in one game they even scored crazy six goals. Ossiano sighed, "Actually, among the [-] goals, only [-] were scored by strikers, and the remaining [-] goals were all scored by midfielders."

The host laughed: "Actually, some people in Portugal are thinking about what would happen if Henry and Pauletta were replaced."

Osiano was taken aback: "You mean the French striker Henry?...Actually, Pauleta is not bad, but the overall style of play limits him."

The host nodded: "Pao's style of play seems to be a bit biased towards a single striker."

Osiano nodded: "It's not just a single striker, he also emphasizes the pressure and level of the midfielder. From this point of view, he should hit it off with Juan Diaz. You know, the boy was coached last year. It's a good position, isn't it?"

The host smiled and nodded: "He is almost a miracle in La Liga!"

"Yeah, this is an amazing guy... Ahem, where were we talking?"

"Speaking of Pauletta."

"Yes, Pauleta...Because of Scolari's own tactical requirements, Pauleta will not become a real point of attack. He is at most a transition point on the front line, or he will wait until the counterattack. There will be a place for that, but really, if we can, we need a killer who can score with the ball behind him in a positional battle."

"Pauletta is the best striker in Ligue [-] this season and the second goalscorer for Paris Saint-Germain. He should be the one to take on the heavy responsibility."

Osiano shook his head: "That's wrong... Pauletta actually can only become the second striker at best because of his physicality and skills. This is already limited by his own factors."

"So, Postiga, Quaresma or Gomez?"

Osiano was silent for a while and sighed: "I personally think that they are all available talents, but it seems that in Scolari's eyes, they do not yet have the physical fitness to carry the striker alone. I guess they will become future talents." Half of the 'Raiders'."

"Qi soldier?"

"Yes, probably Scolari will put the three of them or one of them when he feels that he needs to take a gamble, just like the last game against England."

"But it was Juan Dias who performed the final miracle, didn't he?"

"Yeah, Scolari just added some more chips." Osiano laughed, "Our players are talented and have good skills at their feet, and Scolari is a real master of tactics and psychology. With Juan's assistance, I think our chances in this class are still great."

"Close to the final?"

"Correct."

"Did you watch the match between Italy and Germany in the first round of the semi-final?"

"Of course I saw it, and I naturally knew how important Germany was for us at that time, especially when the Italian players were standing here... But I don't worry about our players at all, actually I think it's better for us to focus on the current game first."

Portugal's striker lacks heavyweight players. This is indeed an irreparable defect. Figo and Cristiano can temporarily top it, but after all, that is not a serious way... After all, these two are still midfielders.

"It's a familiar scene again." Figo said with a sigh on the bus to the stadium.

Many old players of the Portuguese team were silent for a moment, and then many people's expressions became serious.

Cristiano and Nani joined the team relatively late among these people. They looked at each other, and then turned their eyes to Juan in front of them at the same time.

Juan didn't notice it at the beginning, he was waiting for Figo to continue to say something, but Figo didn't speak, the atmosphere in the car was very quiet, and the eyes of the two children in front of him were so shining, he couldn't bear it. He couldn't help sighing and rubbing the center of his brows—he was obviously not that old, so why did he feel that he was separated from the two young men in front of him by a generation?

But he quickly replied: "The semi-finals of the European Cup in [-] was also the same scene, but at that time Zidane eliminated us with a penalty kick, and then France and Italy met in the final."

The two boys in front of him suddenly realized, and Cristiano asked in a low voice: "Juan, why do you remember everything?"

Juan glanced at him and said slowly, "Do you still remember your first team debut?"

"Uh..." Cristiano touched his head and smiled coyly—his national team debut was in [-], and he won the European Cup in the next year's major competition, so he didn't actually feel much about it. memory. "No wonder the captain wants to say this..."

Figo finally continued: "This time, I hope we can rewrite history and also break the situation where we were eliminated again...Many of us have come from that game to today. Portugal can It's not easy to get to this point, but I hope we can go further until we actually lift that trophy."

Everyone respectfully should be.

"Welcome everyone to the Allianz Arena in Munich to watch the second match between France and Portugal in the [-] World Cup semi-final! This game will determine who will compete with Italy for the final championship, and it will also determine the future of the World Cup." Two teams!"

"Now the French team and the Portuguese team are already preparing in the player channel, and we have already got the starting list of the two teams!"

"Portugal starting lineup - Ricardo, Miguel, Mera, Carvalho, Valente; Costinha, Deco, Maniche; Figo, Pauletta, Cristiano Ronaldo."

"Surprisingly, Juan Diaz was on the bench! It seems that Scolari is going to let Juan Diaz play when necessary, and take the opportunity to save a little energy... But What I want to say is, how can Portugal find someone who can compete with France in the midfield? And such a [-]-[-]-[-] lineup does not look like the usual style of play, Scola Are you setting up doubts again?"

"In contrast, the French team has come up with all its main lineup - Butters; Sagnol, Thuram, Gallas, Abidal; Vieira, Makelele; Ribe Li, Zidane, Malouda; Henry..."

"This is the [-]-[-]-[-]-[-] lineup we are familiar with. Obviously, the French team is very concerned about this game and is bound to win Portugal in one fell swoop."

"Actually, since [-], the French and Portuguese teams have met seven times, each of which ended with a victory for the French team. Seven straight wins."

"For the French team, Portugal is obviously an opponent with a good meaning, because in the two European Cups in [-] and [-], France eliminated Portugal. won the European Cup."

"For France, after defeating Portugal, basically half of the championship is already in their arms."

"Of course, this is actually not very credible. After all, we also know that there are also accidents... Maybe this game is Portugal's counterattack?"

"It's just that we also know that Scolari is the only team led by a foreign coach among the top four teams, and the rest of the teams are led by coaches of their own nationality... and there is no foreign coach in the history of the World Cup. Lifting the Hercules Cup, will Scolari become the number one? Let us wait and see!"

The game started soon, and Juan did stay on the bench to watch the game as agreed with Scolari at the beginning. In fact, for him, this is the norm—after all, he is a The head coach, and he has been the head coach of the bonus for two seasons, he is really not used to having him play for a while.

Sitting on the edge of the court at this moment, as if he had returned to the moment when he was commanding in Deportivo, which made him a little relaxed.

Nani on the side is not as calm as he is. In fact, he was nervous at the beginning.

This is the first time he has been called into the team, and he also clearly understands that as long as there is no serious injury, this will definitely not be his last time, although he has very few opportunities to play, and even most of the opportunities to play are He got it in the warm-up match and friendly match, but he is still grateful for it, and secretly made up his mind to work hard and strive to become the main member of the team.

Therefore, during the team's game, he was the one who watched the team most seriously. When he saw that the team was passive at the beginning, he almost pinched Juan's thigh when he was nervous.

"..." Juan retracted his feet silently.

In fact, the opening scene is indeed very tense.

The opening game was France's possession of the ball. In this game, France seemed to continue their style - strong attack, rush attack, and also intended to let Portugal have a good look at their glory.

So in the first [-] seconds of the game, Henry's midfielder made a long pass behind Miguel, and Malouda broke into the left side of the penalty area and volleyed half-volley from very close range in front of the Portuguese goal.

Such a kick almost made the hearts of the Portuguese fans jump out!

But fortunately, the ball missed the far post. When Ricardo got up from the ground, his expression was a little dignified. He took a deep look at Malouda, and then began to direct the players in the midfield to run well.

In fact, Portugal, who started to learn to defend, is still very scary, but the talent is in a state of strong offense and weak defense-yes, even if the striker is weak, they are still strong offensively and weak defensively. There is only one reason.

Portugal's midfield attack power is too strong, so strong that even if the striker is weak, it will not affect their own huge attack power.

Figo, Maniche, Ronaldo, each of these three people has a knife, especially Figo and Ronaldo, both of them can be used as attacking midfielders as real forwards.

In fact, it is not the first time that the concept of wingers has been cited. The two wingers almost supported more than half of Portugal's tearing of the defense on the two wings.

In the [-]th minute, the result of their hard work appeared-the French team's defense at the front of the restricted area appeared gapped, Deco broke into the restricted area with the ball, and directly shot low [-] meters in front of the goal!

It's a pity that the ball was blocked by Buster's deep dive with one hand. Pauletta wanted to step forward to make a follow-up shot, but was blocked by Senor, unable to move, and could only watch. Watch the opportunity slip by.

In fact, it is not just Nani who is anxious, but also Cristiano who is also anxious on the court.

This is his first World Cup and he wants to do something to prove himself.

Compared with Messi and Kaka who played soy sauce in the national team, Cristiano is actually relatively lucky.

Since he was selected into the national team in [-], he has only served as a substitute for a short half a year, and then he quickly became the main substitute and main force, until now he has taken a position invincible, which is quite natural for him up.

Anyone who knows him knows that he is the strongest person, and also the one who is most eager to win. When he played against England, he knew that Rooney would be sent off if he didn't do that action, but he also I won't regret it at all.

The heart of victory is especially hungry.

With such an urgent desire, he and Figo created several consecutive opportunities for Portugal to threaten the French team's goal.

In the 9th minute, after Cristiano cut in from the left, the sole of his right foot called back, and the football was transferred from his feet to Maniche's feet-in fact, many people who saw this ball were a little surprised, after all, according to In terms of how sticky the ball is to Cristiano Ronaldo, in fact, he would rather shoot the ball himself.

——Many people have analyzed his thoughts, and finally came to the conclusion that Ronaldo must be thinking "these teammates can't shoot as well as me, I might as well forget it myself", so he is reluctant to pass the ball. In fact, both his teammates in the national team and the club look like this. Although there seems to be Rooney at the club, we think it will be gone after this World Cup.

In this regard, Cristiano laughed.

Again.

He can do anything to win.

Football fell to Maniche's feet. As Portugal's midfielder with a knife and a true Portuguese heavy artillery expert, he naturally chose to shoot!

However, it is a pity that this powerful shot flew out of the baseline close to the crossbar, and Portugal lost a good opportunity.

Of course they did not give up, and soon Figo made a low pass to Pauletta from the right, preparing to break through and counterattack from the center. However, the French team is not a vegetarian after all.

In fact, this goal is also a good opportunity... But Portugal's weakness of the front is obviously not something that can be solved in a day or two, especially the center forward.

Cristiano was so anxious that he wanted to play as a center forward. In fact, he once asked Scolari to ask him to play as a center forward, but he was quickly scolded by Scolari for saying so. return.

"You don't need to use any crooked brains, it's very good to play football like this now! Do you know?!"

Cristiano's performance on the wing was indeed unexpectedly good. In the 11th minute, the long-distance direct pass from Mela's midfielder was almost delivered to Pauleta's feet. Pauleta passed the football to Cristiano.

A feast begins——

Portugal No. 17's feet are like fireworks erupting. His movements are fast and fancy, as if an unscrupulous young man is whistling playfully at people, unscrupulous but provocative...

What's even more amazing is his speed, a dizzying burst of speed, Gala was completely played by him and applauded.

Originally, he could have passed directly, but this 21-year-old boy had a bad heart, so he slowed down his pace a little, and when Gala finally caught up with effort, he continued to stun him directly with the flower work under his feet!

"Wow wow... This is really a special Ronaldo." The commentator laughed, "Handsome face, toned muscles, gorgeous and increasingly practical footwork... For those who like him, he is simply Lovely as an angel, but to those who don't like him, he's almost the devil."

"At least at this moment, Gala must think so..."