With hundreds of TV stations around the world ready to go live, the Bath Arena is buzzing with noise, and Euro 2012 is in its final stages, with the championship just a stone's throw away.

"Portugal will definitely focus on defense, our tactical play has been practiced many times in the past few days, their counterattacks are very fast, especially Ronaldo and Nani, maybe the two of them can solve the battle with a connection, so what I want to advise is not to be careless!"

After warming up, Capello repeatedly emphasized in the dressing room, "To be able to play so far, there is no absolute weak team, don't look down on Portugal, then we will be taught a lesson......"

In the dressing room on the other side, Portugal coach Bento is still emphasizing defense and how to counter-attack, just as he does before every game.

Cristiano Ronaldo is keeping his head down, he is concentrating, he wants this game more than anyone else, because he has to challenge Mackin for team honours, otherwise it will be difficult for him to accept this season.

Since his debut, this may be the first season in which he has won no team honours, and Atletico Madrid's strength has surprised both him and Messi.

If this continues for two or three years, his status in football will be drastically affected, and no matter how many goals he scores, sometimes he will not be as strong as a champion.

Bento is a straight manager, emphasizing discipline and finally, he said directly to Ronaldo: "Christie, you have to put pressure on their penalty area, their two centre-backs are old and can't keep up with your speed, we won't have many chances on goal in this game, you need to create more with your individual ability"

Ronaldo raised his head, pursed his lips and nodded, indicating that he knew that one of Bento's biggest strengths was that he was pragmatic, and he put Portugal's posture very low in every game.

This is no longer Portugal in the golden age of playing beautiful passing, counter-attacking is the most suitable style of play for them, just like Mourinho's Real Madrid.

Whether it's good or not is secondary, as long as they can win, haven't they made it to the semi-finals now?

"Audience friends, the game is about to start in a while, let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides first", Zhan Jun has already started the live broadcast in the studio.

England starters:

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Defenders: Ashley Cole, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson

Midfielders: Barry, Milner, Mackin

Forwards: Wayne Rooney, Carroll, Steven Gerrard

Portugal starters:

Goalkeeper: Patricio

Defenders: Coentrão, Alves, Pepe, Pereira

Midfielders: Meireles, Veloso, Moutinho, Nani

Forwards: Almeida, Cristiano Ronaldo

"Portugal's starting line-up has not made any changes compared to the previous game, and on the England side, Capello replaced Lampard with a young all-round midfielder James Milner, which also caused widespread discussion in England before the game, and there were many doubts about this kind of major game, not starting Lampard", Zhan Jun continued.

"It is estimated that Capello is interested in Milner's youth and running ability", Zhang Lu analyzed, "The main defensive lineup of England's midfield, Ferdinand, Terry, Barry, Lampard, the two central defenders are older, which requires a solid barrier in the midfield, especially when England is the main attacker"

"Barry is now developing more and more into a pure midfielder, not enough support for the attack, it turns out that when Lampard was there, he had a long pass, and he still mainly relied on the withdrawal of Ma Zong"

"But Lampard is obviously not running enough now, and today on Milner, it is estimated that Capello wants to liberate the general manager and let him rest assured to enter the attacking ......"

As he spoke, the players of the two teams began to move from the passage to the stadium under the leadership of referee Kakiel, and the European Cup theme song immediately sounded over the stadium.

The national flags of the two teams were held by the staff to lead the way, and the fans of both sides in the stands immediately burst into overall cheers, and the two teams' starters on the screen were exactly the same as those just introduced.

"Okay", Huang Jianxiang said, "the players of the two teams have entered, and the national anthem ceremony will begin soon, and we see that the heads of state of the two countries in the VIP table are also present, and in Europe, the influence of football is unprecedentedly strong."

England's three generations of princes, Charles, William, and Harry were all present, plus FA officials and football celebrities, the squad is unprecedentedly strong.

With their left hand on their chest, they sang along with the chorus and added Queen Elizabeth to the line-up if England reached the final.

Not far from them, the Portuguese prime minister also came to the scene to cheer for the team, and football superstars like Mourinho and Ronaldo have become Portugal's national business card.

After the national anthem is played, the national flag is out, and the heat is heating up!

With a "boom", the players of both teams recovered from the still picture, jumping and eager to try, and the referee also called the captains of the two teams over and began to guess the side.

"The game is about to start", Huang Jianxiang continued to explain, "Portugal since the golden generation, the results in international competitions are getting better and better, in Portugal's home European Championship in 04, they eliminated England, and finally reached the final, but unfortunately the biggest dark horse of that year, Greece, was blacked out."

"Now, they are attacking the European Championship again, and England have completed their best European Championship result since the Gascoigne era in '96, and they are going to win the European Championship for the first time."

"Here, we have to mention once again Mr. Ma, who everyone knows, and what he brings to England that could completely change the history of English football"

Off the field, Mark Qin was talking and shaking hands with Ronaldo, chatting casually, now 21 years old Mark Qin, no longer see a little childishness from him, in addition to age, or because he has participated in too many games, it is enough to become an experienced football veteran.

Many people, maybe 22 or 23 can play the main team, play 3 or 40 games a season, but Mackin started this journey at the age of 16.

There are many players with this experience, but there are definitely not many, the most famous before may be Buffon, and now there is his teammate Milner, who has been playing first-line since 16.

The camera is separated from the middle, and the two sides are firmly locked on Mackin and Ronaldo, and they are walking in one direction to their respective halves, and it seems that the live broadcast director understands very well what the fans want to see.

It's the battle of the superstars!

Carroll had already stepped on the ball firmly in the centre circle, waiting for the referee's whistle, and just now Gerrard won the serve, and England took the lead in the first half.

In fact, from the perspective of arrangement, England and Portugal have similarities, their single strikers are all 1.9 meters high school forwards, Carroll on this side, and Almeida on that side.

Their role in response was to fight for the first place and try to open up space for their team-mates who came in behind, and even tactically, Portugal, like England, adopted a direct style of play that blended with quick counter-attacks after the golden generation of technical players retreated.

Tonight, let's see which spear and shield are sharper and which is stronger!

The stadium was lit up like daylight, and with the roaring shouts from the stands, with a whistle from Kakier, the game officially began!

"Fans and friends who stayed up late, the semi-finals of the 2012 European Championship, Portugal vs. England, have officially started, and now England in white jerseys kicks off first, attacking from left to right ......," Zhan Jun raised his tone and said.

And all the nerves, with the rolling of the ball, suddenly tightened, both teams have their own superstars, each has their own supportive fans, and these 90 minutes, for them, is a heart-wrenching journey.

"Mr. Ma received the ball and quickly distributed it to Rooney on the left, Rooney received the ball halfway in the opponent's half, and England's opening attack was very fast, without the slightest temptation," Zhan Jun continued.

Rooney and Nani are club teammates, Rooney plays on the left in England, just opposite Nani on the right, the two are very familiar, Rooney just stopped the ball, and Nani was blocked.

Knowing that Nani is explosive and fast, Rooney did not simply use his speed to break through on the side, but a false shake, immediately flicked the ball to the inside line, and began to cut inside with the ball.

Looking up, before Nani could catch up with the ball again, he handed the ball to Barry, a little further down the middle, and Barry quickly passed diagonally to Milner.

"England's passing is very fast, and it is completely different from the last game against Spain", Zhan Jun said in surprise, "They seem to have suppressed Portugal at the beginning"

The defensive strength of the Portuguese midfielder is mainly Veloso and Meireles, Verloso has been a demon of FM for many years, but unfortunately it has not met expectations, Meireles has also joined the army in history, but after the arrival of Macklin, he was not able to reunite with Liverpool.

England's quick lateral pass made Portugal a little unstable at the start, and Marc saw the opportunity to quickly cut between Portugal's two defensive midfielders, and Milner's ball was immediately delivered.

Capello hugged his chest on the sidelines and nodded secretly, Milner is this role in addition to running, he can keep a suitable distance from Mackin at any time, if this ball is Lampard, at least a few meters more distance, sometimes the passing distance of these few meters on the field can determine the success or failure of an attack.

"Mr. Ma, beautiful, pretending to turn around, the deceived Veloso moved his center of gravity, immediately dunked the ball back, and broke through to the left side......"

Veloso didn't expect England to play so fast in the first attack, and just now he wanted to close the door with Meireles, but he was shaken away by Mack Qin in a careless way.

Mack Qin rushed directly to the rib penalty area with the ball, and from the live broadcast camera, the crimson Portuguese defenders were quickly attracted to him, as if he was a magnet!

"Mr. Ma ......", Zhan Jun shouted, Lineker in the England studio They were also excited, and those who often watched Mackin play had an intuition about where he was and what threat he could create.

Now he is almost at the edge of the big penalty area, only the warrior monk Peipe in front of him bent down and stares at him firmly, he didn't dare to come out, in Real Madrid he ate Mark Qin many times and lost, and finally gained experience.

When he was about to reach the line of the big penalty area, Mack finally made a sharp stop, flicked the ball back with his right foot, and avoided the chasing Verloso.

At this point, Rooney ran diagonally behind him, and with a slight push he was able to give him a set up long-range turret, and Gerrard was also frantically cutting forward on the right.

Mackin swung his right calf slightly, looking like he was going to let Rooney shoot from distance, and at the same time attracted the attention of the Portuguese defender, ready to defend Rooney's long-range shot.

But the moment he made contact, he changed his push to pick, and the ball flew up suddenly, directly from the left rib of this side, and flew diagonally into the right rib of the penalty area!

Unexpected!

"Pick the pass, Carol ......", Zhan Jun shouted, only to see Carol directly turn around and plug it in, and then picked up his right leg, which looked like a volley!

Alves and Coentrão hurriedly recovered, but Macklin's pass was too unexpected for them to catch up.

But officially because it was too unexpected, Carroll was also slow, and the surface of his foot, because he had to chase the ball and the step point, did not hit it right, and directly picked the ball out of the crossbar with his toes.

It's like a kick!

"Oops......", Lineker in the studio directly hugged his head and began to regret, "Carol was in too much of a hurry, wasted a brilliant pass ...... Mark"

"Oh ......", the England fans sighed, and the Portuguese fans broke out in a cold sweat.

"Concentrate and get into the groove!" , Portugal coach Bento immediately shouted loudly on the sidelines, he didn't expect England to get into the state so quickly!

Take them by surprise while they are still on a firm foothold......