From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 162 Tacit Understanding

"Portugal takes a quick free kick in the frontcourt."

"Thiago passed the ball to the front spot, and Danny headed the ball towards the goal! It was a little too high!"

"This was Portugal's most dangerous shot in the first half."

"A free kick opportunity from the left front created by Bruno, but Danny did not take advantage of it."

"Goal kick for France."

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As the French team took a goal kick, Portugal retreated back to its own half.

The French team still controlled the ball, but although Portugal was one goal behind, the situation was not chaotic at all. The players still seemed calm and full of fighting spirit on the court, especially after the team created a threat.

At this moment, Portugal is like a shark that smells blood, ready to catch up and bite at any time.

Santos quickly made another round of adjustments.

He let Thiago's position drop back, forming a double defensive midfielder with Andre Gomez, and asked Bruno to press forward. Because he noticed the changes in the French team, Matuidi's position was even further forward.

As a result, the French team's three midfielders are positioned a bit like an inverted triangle, with Cabaye trailing behind.

So Santos made adjustments and asked Thiago to follow back, but Bruno pressed out. The reason is simple. He needs Bruno to give the striker more support during the counterattack and at the same time suppress Pogba, which will once again curb the French team's midfield organization.

At the same time, Santos also adjusted the responsibilities of the team's midfield and backcourt.

The French team is obviously very aware that Portugal's midfield organizer is Bruno, so in the first half of this game, as soon as Bruno got the ball, the French team immediately formed a double-team on him.

This is also the task of Cabaye, Matuidi and Pogba in the game.

Santos also noticed this, so he made adjustments, asking Thiago and Gomez to pay attention to contact Bruno, try to control the ball in the midfield position, and send shells forward to create opportunities for the players in the frontcourt.

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The game quickly entered forty minutes.

After continuous adjustments, Portugal is also actively and patiently looking for opportunities.

Everyone knows that when playing against the French team, even if they lose 0:1, it doesn't matter.But Bruno doesn't see it that way. He doesn't want to lose to Pogba.

Also not wanting to lose is Cristiano Ronaldo.

At any time, the strong Ronaldo never wants to lose, he always wants his team to win!

After the team's continuous adjustments, the Portuguese captain's tasks did not change too much. He was still on the left, responsible for the entire left attack, because Eliseu was unable to support him at all.

But this does not mean that he is facing Sagna one-on-one, because many times, it is difficult for Portugal's ball to reach him.

The French team also has targeted tactics for this. Throughout the first half, Ronaldo didn't have many chances to get the ball. Obviously, this is the French team's strategy, never let Ronaldo get the ball and attack directly!

After Matuidi stepped forward, Cabaye was more like a single defensive midfielder, and Ronaldo was able to get more opportunities on the left.So without Santos' reminder, he took the initiative to expand the scope of his activities.

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Portugal also quickly created an opportunity.

After Bruno got the ball, the French players double-teamed him, but Bruno took the lead and passed it back to Thiago.

Atletico Madrid's midfielder kicked the ball low and sent it directly to the frontcourt.

Danny retreated, took the ball with his back, stopped the ball and pushed to the left.

Ronaldo took a step ahead of Sagna and stopped the ball, but he had no chance and could only choose to pass it back.

Gomez picked up the ball nearby and the French players quickly pressed forward.

Gomez passed to Thiago who retreated to receive, and then passed to Bruno.

The whole process was a pass, and when Bruno got the ball again, he faced directly in the direction of the attack.

Bruno saw Ronaldo!

Almost at the moment Bruno passed the ball, Ronaldo suddenly started, shook off Sagna as quickly as possible, and penetrated behind the French team's defense.

Bruno's pass was also very low, and the ball was very fast, directly in front of Ronaldo.

Lifting his left foot, Ronaldo stopped the ball steadily.

But at this time, the French team's central defender Mangala quickly returned to defense and blocked Ronaldo.

The ball landed on the grass and bounced back up.

Cristiano Ronaldo saw Mangala. The French central defender obviously wanted to grab the ball, so he took a decisive step and picked the rebounding ball directly over Mangala's head and landed behind him. And he suddenly started again, passing by Mangala's side and driving straight into the penalty area.

Mangala reacted quickly and turned around quickly.

But he is fast, and Ronaldo is even faster. Almost in the blink of an eye, Ronaldo shook off Mangala and chased the ball.

Mandanda decisively abandoned the goal, but Ronaldo caught up with the ball at the front of the penalty area.

To the rear left is Mangala chasing after him, to the rear right is Varane, and in front is Mandanda. After Ronaldo caught up with the ball, he didn't even have time to think about it. He just shook it almost instinctively...

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"Beautiful pass!"

<divclass="contentadv">"Ronaldo picked the ball past Mangala, resulting in a one-on-one shot!"

"France goalkeeper Mandanda abandoned the goal and attacked!"

"Ronaldo..."

"Pretty!"

"Ronaldo scored an empty goal!"

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOLO!!!!!"

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After Ronaldo sent the ball into the empty goal, his speed did not slow down and he rushed out of the stadium.

He jumped up high, swinging his arms back, looking up to the sky and roaring.

"Shiu!!!!!!!!"

This is his signature goal celebration!

All Portugal players were full of surprises. Everyone rushed towards him and surrounded him.

They are all so excited!

"Excellent cooperation!"

"It can be said that Portugal's goal is very crucial!"

"It is now the 44th minute of the game. Cristiano Ronaldo's goal not only equalized the score for Portugal, but also greatly boosted the team's morale. It also dealt a blow to the French team."

"It's really an amazing goal!"

"We can see that Ronaldo has a strong ability to read the situation. When receiving the pass from Danny, he chose to hit back."

"Sagna must have been a little careless at this time, but Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly and quickly crossed behind him."

"I have to say that Bruno's pass was just right. He just hit Ronaldo's step, so Ronaldo stopped the ball with his left foot, and then took another shot without waiting for Mangala to get close. "

"The two movements are connected very well, like flowing clouds and flowing water, very exciting!"

"Mandanda was a little anxious when he attacked, but there was nothing he could do. Facing Cristiano Ronaldo, any goalkeeper would be under pressure."

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Santos was so excited on the sidelines that he jumped up.

This was definitely an unexpected surprise, because he was mentally prepared to be one goal behind in the first half, but he didn't expect Bruno and Ronaldo to bring him such surprises and surprises.

"This kid played so smart!" Santos praised with a smile.

He has always felt that Ronaldo is not only fast, has strong scoring ability, and has solid and comprehensive skills, but also thinks that Ronaldo's running without the ball is very good, and his thinking about playing football is really smart, which is completely different from what others think.

"Bruno's kick was also very beautiful." Santos assistant coach Yeval smiled.

Santos nodded. He could see that there were not many players in the team who could have a tacit understanding with Bruno, and Ronaldo was one of them. This has a lot to do with the fact that Bruno joined the team relatively late and is not familiar with everyone yet.

There is no rush for this kind of thing.

As for the tacit understanding with Ronaldo, perhaps this is the resonance between top talents. They all have similar ideas.

But you can't expect every player you have to be a top talent.

In this Portuguese team, the only two top talents are Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno. Most of the players can only be regarded as ordinary players.

Therefore, he has to consider tactics suitable for ordinary players and focus on such training in training.

Santos believes that as time goes by, Bruno will become more and more familiar with his teammates and a tacit understanding can be developed, just like Bruno did at Udinese.

Throughout the entire first half, except for Pepe's mistake at the beginning, Portugal almost did not make any major mistakes on the defensive end. This made the French team's offense unable to find its direction, which made Santos very satisfied.

Portugal suppressed the French team at the tactical level!

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During the halftime break, the Portuguese players returned to the locker room one after another. Everyone had excited smiles on their faces, and they were obviously very satisfied with the result of the first half.

Santos' tactics were completely correct and completely disrupted the French team's tactical deployment.

Although the first half of this game was 1:1, in fact, from a tactical level, the French team was completely defeated!

Santos walked into the locker room and began arranging tactics for the second half.

Santos was the first to bring up the problems that occurred in the first half of the team, which were mainly local details. However, Santos never mentioned Pepe's mistake, obviously to take care of Pepe's feelings.

Santos introduced his speculation on the French team's tactics in the second half: "Normally, if a team has the upper hand on the court, it will not easily make adjustments in the second half, because changing the style of play can easily lead to losing the opponent. Control of the game, so I don’t take risks easily.”

"Although the score was 1:1, the French team controlled the situation. It was just that in the few minutes near the end of the first half, they had some problems and were scored by our counterattack. So I guess, Deschamps No adjustments will be made, especially substitutions."

When Santos was making arrangements, all the Portuguese players, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno, nodded attentively and listened.