[football] walk side by side

His voice was calm, without any extra emotions, but it was this sober tone that made the teammates around him quiet down even without realizing it. The originally irritable mood calmed down a lot invisibly.

From the point of view of the situation, Portugal seems to be on par with the Czech Republic. Both sides have lost many heavyweight players in this national team, but in fact, Portugal’s situation is actually much better than that of the Czech Republic—at least Portugal still has a lot of ability Outstanding "future heavyweight players" exist. Although Gomez and Ferreira are near the end of their careers, in today's Portuguese team, young players are always the main players.

But the Czech Republic is different.

The aging trend of the Czech internal players is far more serious than that of Portugal. In the first half, they may be able to stabilize the situation with years of experience, but in the second half, once Portugal speeds up the passing speed, the Czech players will definitely not be able to keep up with the rhythm!

"...We need to speed up the pass in the second half of the game..." When Scolari talked about the tactics of the second half of the game in the locker room, the players who happened to be standing not far from Cyril couldn't help cheering. He looked over at Cyril.

Although the language is different, the game tactics that Scolari explained to them at this time are exactly the same as what Cyril casually talked about in the player channel.

...Is this too accurate?

It was because he cooperated with the head coach tacitly, so he guessed the head coach's tactics at the first time, or this tactic itself is the best way to deal with it, so he and Scolari thought of a solution almost at the same time, or even one step earlier. Countermeasures?

No one really asked Cyril this question, but in the hearts of the Portuguese players, the second captain Cyril Slade had a higher evaluation.

To be honest, despite being appointed as the captain of the Portuguese national team, Cristiano is actually not the kind of player who will give people a strong deterrent.For those who don't know, it may be misunderstood that Manchester United's No. [-] is grumpy and arrogant, but since the national team training, the real Cristiano Ronaldo immediately subverted their imagination.

Although sometimes his words may not be nice, but when facing his teammates, especially the new national team teammates, Cristiano has always shown the image of a reliable, patient and responsible captain.

Cyril Slade was the exact opposite.

Judging from the superficial relationship on weekdays, Cyril should be the best-tempered and gentlest player in the entire Portuguese national team.He has almost never had a dispute with any player, and there have never been any rumors of discord with his teammates since he played football.But for some reason, in the minds of the Portuguese players, the vice-captain who smiles all the year round is the one that frightens them the most.

Especially when he occasionally shows that kind of unemotional smile... I can't wait to sit at the farthest place from him in the dressing room.

And after experiencing the "coincidence" in the current player channel... the Portuguese players silently kept "don't provoke Slade" in their hearts.

"Gomez, we have to speed up in the second half. If you feel that your physical strength cannot sustain it, please report to me in time."

"Cyril, you are responsible for stabilizing the rhythm of the team. I believe you are familiar with this kind of work. If you are too fast, the team will be partially out of touch. If you are too slow, you will not be able to shake off the Czech defense and establish a connection between the front and the back. In short , The speed of this is up to you.” Having said that, Scolari paused, then turned his gaze to Cristiano again: “Don’t be too impatient, Cristiano, goals will come.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he found that many players, including Cristiano, looked at him with strange expressions.

Scolari was stunned, recalled his tactics in confusion, there was no problem, why did the players have such expressions?

Cyril also touched his nose in embarrassment.

Cyril is actually not very good at comforting people, so when he just "comforted" Cristiano in the passage, he was actually analyzing the situation of both sides in a serious manner, using practical and powerful evidence and mature solutions to achieve The purpose of comforting each other.

Although Cristiano has gradually stepped into the ranks of top superstars, it can be said that Cyril has never stopped worrying about him. Over the past few years, Cristiano's skills have become more mature, and his fancy moves I also got rid of a lot, but once my heart became anxious, I couldn't help myself to be alone, but I really didn't get rid of it.

This is the first time that Cristiano has led Portugal to participate in a heavyweight international event as the captain. Cyril understands that he wants to prove himself, so it is even more necessary to prevent him from falling into anxiety and then start to do it himself.

Is there anything worse for a captain than doing nothing but doing his own thing and not interacting with his teammates?

There must be something strange to say... that is, when Cyril comforted Cristiano, the analysis he made, and the final encouraging conclusion, were almost the same as Scolari's.

"Cyril, are you interested in retiring and becoming a head coach?" After the intermission, when the players returned to the field, Cristiano asked enthusiastically: "At that time, how about I be your assistant coach?" ?”

"Chris," Cyril pondered for a while, and said solemnly: "Do you still remember the last time I played 007, how did I lose ten games in a row, resulting in relegation, and finally got dismissed by the club chairman?" Yes, that's right. Because sitting next to him is an "assistant coach" named Cristiano Ronaldo.

"..." There are reasons and evidences, and it is difficult to refute, but it is completely impossible to ignore the disgust in the other party's words like this!

Cristiano was furious, with serious consequences.

He decided to break up with Cyril for 3 minutes—yes, 3 minutes, not even a second less.

At this moment, there are still 3 minutes before the start of the second half of the game, but the Portuguese players are horrified to find that their captain and deputy captain seem to have temporarily started the internal bar... What to do?Now wait, very urgent!Can they still win this game?

However... 3 minutes later.

Cristiano, who had been indifferent for a second, gave Cyril a high-five with high spirits. The two looked at each other with a smile, passed each other, and calmly returned to their seats.

The Portuguese players who watched the whole process looked blankly at Cristiano and then at Cyril.The two captains seemed to be in a good mood at the moment. Seeing that everyone was still in a daze, Cristiano urged: "The game is about to start, what are you still doing?"

Portuguese players: ...I don't know why, I always feel a sense of mystery...

With the whistle of the referee, the second half of the game officially began.

This time it was the Czech Republic's turn to kick off first.

Sionko passed a direct pass to Baros. The latter dribbled the ball and cooperated with his teammates to advance forward. Today's Czech Republic is no longer like the individual players with super technical ability back then, which caused them to advance on the ground. , will rely more on the cooperation between teammates.At this moment, Baros didn't intend to challenge Deco to a one-on-one match - Deco's defensive ability is not weak, and he can naturally stop without stopping when advancing.

Facing Deco who was rushing up to get close to the defense, Barosh swept the ball to Prasil who was not far away, and then continued to speed up and run forward.

The Czechs were methodical as they pushed forward.

Tear the line of defense, and the forward trident is dominated by Barosh, Sionko and Prasil, followed by Garasek and Pollack who can defend and clear. Their positions and skills The characteristics allow them to occasionally step forward for assists when the defensive pressure is not high, or to attract firepower for other players and open the gap.

But at this moment, Cyril's eyes were not on these two people at all.

Whether Garasek or Pollack, these two are indeed good defensive midfielders, but their age has limited their current ability. The 45 minutes of the first half did not consume their physical energy, but Siri But Er is sure enough to easily get rid of them after speeding up Portugal's offensive speed.

At this moment of his thinking, Praciel, who was dribbling the ball, was getting closer and closer to him.

Cyril raised his eyebrows in surprise. Many teams like to start from both sides when attacking. Although the center is wide, it is more convenient for the defenders on both sides to come back to defend and rescue. Are Pepe and Carvalho on both sides difficult to break through?

The thought made him smile involuntarily.

The Czech Republic still maintained their offensive formation.

Praciel approached with the ball, Sionko and Baros responded from both sides, followed by Pollak and Garasek who could receive the pass at any time, Matejowski and Grygera were also behind Eyeing.

How would he choose?

Passing, or passing?Continue to poke forward, or retreat and then move forward?

It is very difficult to judge the opponent's choice through the small details before the opponent's action at the moment of the game, and to react quickly. The more methods the offensive side can choose, the defensive side will be useless. The chances of returning are greater.

Cyril didn't care whether Prasir made any feints.

While the Czech midfielder was approaching him, Cyril suddenly accelerated and ran towards him, stretching out his right foot at the same time.Although he was caught off guard, Placier reacted immediately. With a flick of his foot, he sent the ball to his right foot, and pushed the ball out with the outside of his instep!

This pass came in a timely manner, but it also had some flaws. Prasir was unable to react to Cyril's attack in time, so the strength of the pass at this moment was not so strong. where to go.

And this seemingly inadvertent small mistake is exactly an opportunity carefully designed by Cyril.

Pracier's defensive skills are in place, but his reaction speed is not fast enough. He is better at using his left foot than his right foot. Although he can use his right foot, it is far less sensitive than his left foot.

For defense, if Cyril is to skillfully combine physical and technical abilities to coordinate defense like Carvalho and Pepe, he will not be able to reach their height for a while, but Cyril himself also has what he is good at Defensive way.

Can't find room for a tackle?

It doesn't matter.

The same is true for taking advantage of the opponent's physical and technical defects to force the opponent to "give up" space.

The author has something to say: a girl is asking, so I will say it here~ If there is no accident, the full text of Side by Side will be finished in mid-June, but it may also be delayed until July (because I can’t control the length of some competitions) Live...), but in general, it won't take too long~ (I'm also working hard on the plot qwq)