[football] walk side by side

"In the 73rd minute of the game, Scolari used his last substitution. He replaced Rui Costa, who scored a goal on behalf of Portugal, with Cyril Slade."

As the game was coming to an end, Rui Costa had no opinion on this substitution. The backward situation on the field made him a little depressed, but he still gave the head coach a hug in a friendly way, expressing his understanding.The Portuguese fans in the stands were not in a high mood at this time, but they still gave a round of applause to the hero who helped the team score a goal.

At the same time, with Cyril's appearance, many Porto fans present also burst into shouts of excitement.

They believe that the man in front of him will be able to change the situation on the field-just like he has done countless times in Porto.

"The new player is Cyril Slade from Porto. Although the transfer after the European Cup is unavoidable, at least he is still a member of the dragon at the moment. I believe the audience will not be too unfamiliar with this player , in the European Champions Cup that just ended, the 18-year-old young player scored twice and was named MVP in the final of the European Champions Cup. Anderson Deco, the core midfielder of the game, has an extremely tacit cooperation. It seems that Scolari hopes that Deco and Slade can bring the performance in the cup to the national team."

As in Porto, Cyril stood in his familiar midfielder position.

Most of the players in the Portuguese national team are players that Cyril is already familiar with. In addition to this period of training, Cyril has also won the recognition of his teammates with his own strength. Therefore, it is very important for Cyril to integrate into this team. There are no difficulties.

Even Rui Costa, who has disputes with Deco and Cyril in terms of position, is not a person who ignores the overall situation, not to mention the only Rui Costa in the team who has a normal relationship with Cyril has gone down.

Not long after Cyril played, a teammate passed the ball in his direction.

He turned his head to look, as if he noticed his gaze, and Deco smiled at him.

It's just a look at each other, and everything goes without saying.

One of the troublesome problems with dual-core tactics is that you never know which one to block.And if the two cores still cooperate well, the difficulty will at least be doubled.

Cyril, who received the ball, took the ball forward and ran a few steps forward, then passed the ball back to Luis Figo on the wing. As Portugal's leading star, the latter was naturally watched by the Greek defenders. Yes, he couldn't find any breakthrough opportunities for a while, so he habitually passed the ball to the midfielder Deco, and handed the ball to him to handle.

Then, Deco did something that no one expected-he passed the ball to Cyril again.

The narrator is still hesitating, thinking that this should be just a coincidence, how could Portugal choose to fall back and forth repeatedly at this time?Although Greece's defense is very strong, you can also try to attack. How can you win if you don't even consider breaking through?

This time, Cyril, who received the ball, repeated the action just now - he didn't run much distance before passing the ball back again.

Luis Figo, who received the ball again, hesitated for a moment. He watched the actions of Cyril and Deco, and immediately understood the intentions of his teammates.

In many cases, it doesn’t mean that you have to be a midfielder to have excellent offensive organization ability. For example, Portuguese superstar Luis Figo, although he plays as a winger, Figo’s ability to organize offense is actually quite good. In other words, Figo's overall awareness is no worse than any midfield organization.

Figo didn't think of it when he first received a pass from Cyril, but when the ball returned to his feet again, the world-class player immediately understood the meaning of his midfielder.

How to deal with dense defense?

One is a long-range shot, and the other is a foul tactic to create a set kick. However, at this time, there are no players in the Portuguese team who are good at long-range shots. Cyril and Deco chose to use another method to open the situation-also It's just a fall.

If you observe carefully, you can see that as Cyril returns the pass again and again, he moves slightly forward again and again. The Portuguese players who accompany him back and forth are also getting closer and closer to the Greek defense line. Long-range shots are not good. Then you can only shorten the distance of the breakthrough. Most importantly, the inverted foot is a way to easily make the opponent drowsy.

Under Rehhagel, Greece certainly won't be put to sleep by Portugal's repeated kicks, and that's not what Cyril and Deco were aiming for - they played through constant kicks and then suddenly Plug in and hit Greece by surprise.

Cyril didn't expect Greece to be really caught off guard, but this approach can greatly consume the energy of the Greek players-defense itself is a very exhausting method of players' energy, and when they not only have to defend, but also tightly tell them Portugal's players will consume more energy when preventing them from making a surprise attack in the middle of their feet.

Moreover, Greece may not be able to guarantee that it will be able to respond to every sudden insertion of Portugal. As long as it seizes the opportunity, Portugal may not have a chance to score in one fell swoop.

The only limitation of this tactic is that the inverted side must be stronger than the opponent team, and Portugal is completely sufficient for this.

And it turns out that this tactic works well against Greece as well.

In the 85th minute of the game, Figo seized the space that Sitaridis accidentally ran out of, cut in from the wing and single-handedly, the ball crashed into the net!

Portugal equalized the score!

The Portuguese captain was surrounded by his own team members with a big smile on his face!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! There are still 5 minutes until the end of the game. At this critical moment, Luis Figo stood up again and saved Portugal! The score was tied, and Portugal still retains the hope of a reversal!"

"Here I also have to mention Scolari's immediate substitution. Slade and Deco's dual-core cooperation is very good. They reversed Portugal's disadvantage on the field. They deserve to be the midfielder who won this year's Champions League. Combination! The cooperation between them is not inferior to that of Deco and Costa. It seems that Scolari must have something to worry about in the next game."

As the narrator guessed, Scolari was indeed a little distressed at this moment.

The commentator is far less clear and accurate than the head coach Scolari in watching the ball-how can Deco and Slade not harm Deco and Costa in the slightest?To put it bluntly, the cooperation between Slade and Deco is far better than that of Deco and Costa. The only difference is that Rui Costa scored a goal, which looks better than Cyril.

The celebration didn't last long.

At this moment, neither Greece nor Portugal want to delay the time-there are still 5 minutes before the end of the game, and neither side will be satisfied with a draw. At this moment, hurry up and score another goal to win the game Victory is the most important thing.

Until this time, Greece still insisted on their tactics.

Defend to the death and try to counterattack.

Correspondingly, Portugal has not changed their style of play, and is still looking for opportunities in the reverse.But at this time with 5 minutes before the end of the game, Greece will only do its best to stare at every sudden attack from Portugal.

At this time, it is no longer possible to hope that Greece will make mistakes.Cyril thought.

The effect of this method may not be great until now, but it will still bring a lot of pressure on the Greek players. But this tactic alone wants to break through the steely Greece. The line of defense, however, is unlikely.

To this extent, it is necessary to make an attack that makes Greece even more unexpected.

When the ball returned to Deco's feet again, this time, the Brazilian midfielder chose to attack.

He didn't have too much possession of the ball, and Greece's defense was too dense, even Deco couldn't get rid of it alone. Before Dellas and Capsis surrounded him, he shot decisively, and the football went straight from between the two. It slipped through the gap between them, and obediently stopped at Cyril's feet.

As the core of the midfield, the offensive meaning revealed in Deco's actions could not be more obvious.

Of course, the other Portuguese players who had received the order would no longer stand and wait for their kicks. At the same moment when Deco started with the ball, the Portuguese players also started to move immediately. Luis Figo started simultaneously from the right. Quaresma cut from the center to the right.

Cyril was still blocked from the Greek line of defense at this time.

With his ability alone, it is basically impossible to break through. That is to say, the best choice is to cooperate with his teammates to complete the breakthrough.

Considering this, neither Quaresma nor Figo, even Carvalho, who came up from behind, was not too far away from Cyril at this time.

Except for Cristiano who fell behind because of inner hesitation.

When it comes to passing, in the eyes of many people, the first thing that comes to mind is the player's own passing ability and skills, but in fact, an excellent pass also requires the cooperation of teammates.No matter how good an individual player's passing ability is, he can see the loopholes in the defense line at a glance, but the premise of passing the ball is that there are teammates who have seen the loopholes like him, and they should be in the position near the loopholes. .

In a word, if you want midfielders to have high-quality passes, forwards who receive the ball in the frontcourt must also have a good sense of goal!

It is also for this reason that Cristiano is not as decisive as Quaresma and Figo at this time.

It's hard to say exactly what kind of feeling this is. It came out of nowhere, out of nowhere, with no basis at all, but it convinced Cristiano at this time that the direction Cyril planned to pass the ball was not that place.

Portugal already has enough strikers in the frontcourt. Even if Cyril is only cooperating with his teammates to break through, he is not afraid that he will not find a reasonable candidate... Cristiano hesitated for a moment, but decided to listen to the strange premonition in his heart.

He did not keep a close distance from Cyril like other players, but started from the left and ran directly to the Greek penalty area!

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