The fifteen-minute break passed quickly, the two teams returned to the pitch, and after exchanging courts, the referee blew his whistle and the second half of the game officially began.

From the start, Spain tested Portugal's goal with a lightning strike.

After a quick transition in midfield, Xavi suddenly dribbled forward, Van Bizhuang pulled a cover for him, attracted a defender, opened the middle of the goal, Xavi ran to dribble the ball two steps, and then got up with a clever shot from outside the box.

The ball was rubbed by Xavi with the arch of his foot, turned into a semicircle, and whizzed towards the upper right corner of the goal at a sharp angle.

Portugal goalkeeper Eduardo reacted a lot, plus Xavi's shot was too angle-oriented, and the power was not very great, and Eduardo, who was flying sideways, struggled to hold it up with his right hand, and the football flew off the crossbar.

"A brilliant shot from Xavi, the Spanish midfielder's maestro didn't have many direct shots on goal in this game, but no one could ignore his ability to shoot and score, and his shot left the Portuguese in a woes!"

"At the beginning of the second half, the Spanish team gave the opponent a dismount! Are they trying to express something? Oh oh, they're telling the Portuguese that even though we're neighbors, if we want to beat you up at a critical moment, we're going to beat you! ”

'Eduardo made a crucial save and although he was a little embarrassed, he kept the goal intact!'

The Stadium of the Free State resounded with one after another exclamations and jokes, and both the commentators and the fans were no strangers to such a scene, and throughout the second half of the first half, Spain continued to play this scene, their attacks can often make the Portuguese team embarrassed, and Eduardo is the busiest man on the field.

Obviously, after seeing this scene, most people will subconsciously think that the second half will be a replica of the first half, and the Spanish team will still continue to beat around the neighbor brother Portugal.

In fact, and indeed so, Spain continued their best pass-and-possession combination, dominating the tempo of the game with constant pulling and passing.

But as the game time went on, attentive fans found that everything was a little different again.

For example, the Portuguese players are more active and ferocious in pressing, and they are more daring to invest in counter-attacks, and most importantly, almost no one will stick to the ball more, as long as there is the ball, it is basically the first time to get up to find the front court C. Ronaldo, and the latter after getting more balls, the number of breakthrough sprints and shots gradually began to increase.

"Portugal's counterattack seems to be more resolute and decisive, Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be active, in the face of Spain's strong attack, Portugal did not choose to completely shrink the defense, they actually gradually pushed the line out, it is unbelievable, do they want to play against the Spanish team?"

Some commentators exclaimed.

Before his words could be completely settled, Portugal's counteroffensive once again advanced to the front.

A very simple pass, after resisting another attack from Spain, Eduardo almost rushed to the edge of the penalty area with the ball with both hands, and then threw the ball vigorously to Simão in front of him, the Atletico star did not stick to the ball, stopped the ball and turned to observe, and then kicked the football to the front with a big foot.

C. Ronaldo is on the path of football!

In the run, he skillfully stopped the ball, turned around, played the ball, changed direction, and several successive movements were connected very smoothly, C. Ronaldo brushed past Busquets and appeared about twenty-five from the goal.

Without waiting for the defenders to fill in the position, Ronaldo raised his foot to play, the football flew straight to the goal like a cannonball, Casillas flew to the rescue, and thrillingly knocked the football out of the bottom line.

"A powerful heavy artillery bombardment of the door!"

"In the face of Casillas, C. Ronaldo didn't show any mercy to his club teammates, even if this shot failed to score, but the huge power is estimated to make Casillas's wrist sore for a while!"

"From Cristiano. Ronaldo's ...... Shot! Obviously, after seeing the positive performance of his club's teammate and rival Fan, Cristiano Ronaldo is finally willing to be lonely! At the start of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to wake up and his shots were becoming more and more threatening! ”

This seems to be a signal, in the next game, the Spanish team still has the upper hand in the situation, but the Portuguese team's counterattack is also fast and fierce, in addition, it is extremely simple and direct, that is, teammates pass, Cristiano Ronaldo runs, and then it depends on Ronaldo's individual performance.

There is a downside to this kind of individual heroism, because teammates only know how to feed the ball to one person, and the opponent knows this, so they will focus more defensive energy and create more obstacles.

After C. Ronaldo became active, the Spanish defenders realized this and began to "focus on care" more, but C. Ronaldo's personal ability is indeed very strong, whether it is the ability to protect the ball or the ability to break through, although there are some stumbles, but C. Ronaldo's number of shots is still steady and rising, and the threat to the goal is getting bigger and bigger.

The scene is gradually developing in the direction of half a catty.

The fans of the Portuguese team were excited and began to cheer for the team and Ronaldo more hard, and although the Spanish fans were not to be outdone, they also responded with cheers and shouts, but the situation changed from the absolute suppression in the first half to the current parity, which is somewhat worrying.

"It's not going to go on like this."

Bosque stood on the sidelines, his brow furrowed, his arms folded around his chest, as if he was pondering.

To be honest, such a scene of "evenly matched" is not what he wants, the Spanish team already has a higher overall strength than the opponent, why should it be "evenly matched"? Obviously, the winning rate is 70 percent, but now it has become half to half, which is obviously extremely unfavorable for its own side.

In fact, Bosque can see that his team still has the absolute upper hand on the field and even the opportunities created, and the Spanish team's strong midfield control is not in vain, this is recognized as the strongest midfield configuration in the world, under the combing of Xavi and Iniesta, the transmission is smooth and skillful, and the whole team is organized, and a steady stream of ammunition is delivered to the front.

But the problem is that the ammunition is available, but it can never hit the enemy's heart. Failing to score is the biggest problem facing Spain at the moment, and it is also the confidence of the Portuguese team to dare to play in the ring with them.

After all, their side has never been able to score goals, Portugal's mind will naturally be active, although they are inferior to the field, but if they can counterattack and score a goal, the situation will naturally change dramatically, and it is not impossible to win the victory against Spain.

Finding the crux of the problem, Bosque will naturally prescribe the right medicine.

Fan Bizhuang's play is no problem, whether it is breaking, passing, cooperating with teammates, or even shooting himself, he has done a good job, it can be said that almost half of the opportunities created on the front line are from Fan Bizhuang's hands.

There is a saying that doing more is more wrong, because Fan Bizhuang's energy is scattered over several things, and he can't go all out when it comes to scoring goals.

But this is also a helpless move, Torres did not do the duty he should do in this game, obviously playing the role of a bridgehead, but he had to dangle on the side, which could not echo Fan Bizhuang back and forth, his ability was not brought into play, not to mention, and it also led to Fan Bizhuang sharing too many tasks.

Bosque made up his mind and immediately made a substitution.

Three minutes later, the tall and powerful center Fernando. Llorente came on and it was Fernando Torres who came on for him.

Bosque's intentions are clear, and with the advantage in midfield, Llorente can use his height advantage to get more passing support from both flanks, and whether he has the opportunity to shoot on his own or act as a fulcrum to cover his teammates, it is a good option.

Most importantly, Bosque hopes that Llorente's arrival will completely free up Van Bizhuang and allow him to focus all his energy on the scoring of goals.

This is a targeted adjustment that has obviously helped the offense, and the effect is immediate.

Before Llorente came on the pitch, the Spanish team controlled the pace of the game, and there were endless wonderful and clever combinations, but it was a little bit less interesting in the final kick, because Torres's slump made the assist ability of the two wings unable to play to their advantage.

And Llorente makes up for this shortcoming, not to mention anything else, a strong body, coupled with a height of 1.95 meters, even if he doesn't do anything, the pestle is like a hill in the forbidden area, and no one pays attention to it.

In addition, although Llorente is tall, he was born in the Iberian Peninsula after all, and has the delicacy of the Spaniards, so he is not rough in handling the ball at his feet.

Acting as a bridgehead to cover for Fan Bizhuang and other teammates behind him is definitely enough.

Llorente's appearance has tightened Portugal's backline, and the two central defenders, Pepe and Carvalho, have focused most of their defensive energy on Van Bizhuang, but now with Llorente at the front to stir up the trouble, Pepe and Carvalho are under a lot of pressure.

Knowing that Fan Bizhuang is Spain's deepest hidden killer move, but Llorente, a tall pestle, is in the penalty area, and they can't ignore it - if they really want to ignore it, the other party can use their height to teach them how to be a man in minutes.

Unlike Van Bizhuang, Llorente is tall enough and physically strong, he hardly shows off his foot skills, that is, he fights with defenders in the penalty area, and does not suffer at all, Pepe and Carvalho have a sense of helplessness.

Sure enough, in the 54th minute of the game, Ramos assisted from the back, and after half time, he directly got up and hoisted the ball into the penalty area, Pepe was taken away by Van Bizhuang, and Carvalho was suppressed by Llorente in a physical confrontation, who volleyed sideways and shook his head to attack the goal, but it was the last to come first, and the football was pushed towards the goal.

Fortunately, the Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo seems to be possessed by God today, and in an impossible situation, it was almost a knee-jerk reaction, a side pounce, and he was lucky enough to block the ball with his hand.

Although this powerful header did not turn into a goal in the end, which made the Spanish players and fans sigh, then everyone's eyes lit up, because they all realized that with Llorente's high point, high-altitude bombing will become the sharpest weapon to break the deadlock!