Chapter 140: Final 2

"Although as a striker, Charlisteas is different from other speed strikers in that he doesn't like to pull the side, he likes the middle and the ribs, because the middle is close to the goal and can form a shรจ goal opportunity as soon as he goes up, so his most threatening thing is to break through the middle. "Charlisteas is very smart, the middle is the most densely defended area, he will not receive the ball next to the defense line like other centers or forwards, he doesn't like to be close to people, the most annoying thing is to be close to the defense, so he always looks for those areas that are not close to the defenders, and even retreats to catch the ball.www.biquge.info โ€

After seeing Charlistias's attacking intentions, Marcheni chose to retreat further, if it was in the penalty area, it was from the penalty spot to the top of the arc, not deep, not long, but enough for Charlisteas to show his ability, especially the tenderness of his body, and the technique of his feet.

"If you don't stick to him in time and follow him to retreat, as long as you shoot a little slower, as soon as he catches the ball, it will be a series of feints, you can't tell which action is true and which action is fake, maybe he himself can't tell the difference, but the frequency is very fast, the action can almost be said to dazzle you, and there is only one purpose, so that you lose your center of gravity."

"A lot of people say that Charisteas wasn't fast enough, but that's just relative. Charlisteas's feints aren't as fancy as the superstars, but they're more practical. He can directly start to break through you at the moment when the defender loses his center of gravity, and you will feel that he is not too fast, but you lose your center of gravity, and you can't chase him at all, you can only watch him give you over."

In the end, Macioni gave his opinion, that is, when defending Rocharisteas, you have to go straight to him close to him, but there must be a player who drags back for a deep defense, just in case it is breached, there is still a line of defense, but the distance is also very particular.

"The distance of the co-defense can't be too long, it's long, the co-defense is meaningless, Charistias's flexible action can continue to pass the co-defender, and it's not good if it's short, and he can't block himself, so the co-defense must be considered according to the speed, flexibility, and comprehensive ability of the central defender at the critical moment."

It should be said that Hu Li fully took into account Charisteas's strengths. In this game, Hu Li focused on arranging Charlisteas to focus on killing Deco and Marchini, and also made a clear request, that is, at least one back should be wrapped at any time.

In this way, Portugal's entire mid-field defense has another *** offense with an extra depth point, which makes it difficult for Portugal's passing and cutting points to pass into this area, because whether it is Deco or Marchini, don't want to hold the ball easily, almost as soon as they catch the ball, someone immediately gets close, and there is not one person around, but three or four people to form an effective depth protection and force them to pass the ball out.

Ronaldo on the left side was strongly defended by Lai Ebel, and Figo on the right side let Hebrew focus on the defense, and he was more important to block Figo's inside cut, which made it difficult for Portugal's offensive means to be effectively deployed, and it fell into a stalemate as soon as it entered the 30-meter area.

The front can't open the situation, and it doesn't make sense for Pauletta and Ronaldo Jr. to get involved in the attack.

Portugal has always been the best at suppressing the opponent with attack, coupled with the tearing of offense and defense, so that many defenders lack the awareness of returning and counter-attacking on the spot, so as to achieve the goal of victory.

Sometimes, you don't need to invest a lot of troops, or even just one is enough.

It's like this time, the Greek team passed the ball to find Charlistias, Marcheni was close for the first time, Charlisteas passed back to Richard, the Greek team's midfielder Richard turned and cut the ball inside to Charlistias, Carvalho blocked the Greek team's passing and cutting attack line like a door god, and Ferreira kept pestering Charlisteas in time, waiting for the opportunity to destroy the ball.

Chalisteas took the ball and was about to take the ball and turn away from Ferreira, only to find Rui. Jorge and Carvalho clamped him at the same time.

One-on-three, no matter how good Charisteas was, he still couldn't get the ball out, Charlisteas stabbed his foot, Zagorakis received the ball and sent it forward, and the ball returned to the center circle again.

After receiving the pass in the center circle, Richard hoisted the ball directly into the middle of the penalty area, and the ball was very fast and with a strong spin, it was worthy of Rui. The top of Ruo Re's head fell straight behind him in the area to the right.

At this moment, Portugal's defense is pressed too high, in order to maintain an effective connection with the midfield, they pressed a lot, revealing a large gap behind them, and Ferreira was simply not in his position, Charlisteas quickly sprinted forward, using his speed to sweep past Carvalho, forming an anti-offside position.

The Greek fans in the stands had already rushed out of their seats with excitement, raising their hands high in the air, ready for a solo goal from Charisteas.

Charlisteas and Ricciardo one-on-one, Charisteas advanced quickly, Ricciardo was forced to attack, wanting to block Charlistias's shooting angle in advance, but Charlisteas reacted quickly, directly to his left side, directly deducted the attacking Ricciardo, and his left foot did not drag the mud and water, and directly poked the ball forward.

Although this stab made Charlisteas lose his center of gravity and fall to the ground, the ball went straight to the goal from Ricardo's side.

Rui. Jorge and Carvalho are chasing back, Ferreira is also desperately rushing back, Figo, Deco, Ronaldo, Rui. Costa and other attacking superstars in the front court stood in front one by one, looking at the ball, as if it was being pulled in a straight line, crossing the goal line and drilling into the goal.

German referee Merck did not hesitate to blow the whistle for the goal, at this moment, the entire Stadium of Light completely turned into a stage for the Greeks to celebrate, all the fans rushed to the edge of the stands, cheering wildly at the players under the stadium, and the players on the field rushed to the Greek team's single striker Charlisteas one by one.

This is the counterattack of the Greek team, which does not ask for many people, only for quality

"It's amazing that Greece has taken a 2-0 lead in just 20 minutes"

"It's not the first time that the Greek team has counterattacked from the right, but Portugal obviously has no willingness to strengthen its defense on the left side, Ferreira is still pushing forward again and again, and the defense of the entire left half is almost not the slightest organization, which is why the Greek team is always easy to play an effective threat on the right side of Portugal."

"We have just said that the Greek team looks like they are retreating, but their counterattack is very threatening, which has proved the power of the Greek team's defensive counterattack in the first five games, but Portugal still did not pay attention to it, did not give the hole on the left side in time, and sooner or later it will suffer a big loss, look, just a few minutes later, the Greek team seized a chance and scored the goal."

"And this counterattack has almost no extra troops, just one Charlistias, you don't need many people, as long as one person succeeds in countering offside and forms a threat, you are finished, now two goals behind, it is even more difficult for Portugal to play."

The comments of the on-site commentators sounded more like complaints about Portugal, because many things were actually very obvious, but they did not form an effective sense of worry, they were too blind and careless, and they played very fragmented, lacking a cohesiveness.

On the other hand, the Greek team is very overall and orderly, from the opening attack, everyone presses on it, forming a suppression and threat, after the goal, everyone retreats in unison, solidifies the defense, plays counterattack, and when defending, the three lines always remain compact and orderly, maintain enough contact and echo, and use the overall defense to counter the superstar's individual play.

"Now for Portugal, the most important thing is to stabilize the position first, with their attacking power, it is not impossible to catch up with the ball behind, but the most important thing is to stabilize first, after all, they completely overwhelm Ajax in strength."

But as soon as the on-site commentator finished speaking, he saw that after the restart, Hu Li waved his hand, and the Greek team reversed the previous steady counterattack, and even began to directly press the attack again

"Football games, pay attention to one slow and one urgent, one slow and one fast, the opponent is strong, we have to defend first, the opponent's offensive rest, we have to dare to attack, so as Ferguson said, football games are a bit like a turn-based game."

In the stands at the Stadium of Light, Kenyyang accompanied Abramovic in the VIP box to watch the world-renowned Champions League final, and to their surprise, the pre-match underdog Greece took the lead in half an hour.

It is believed that it is not only them, but the whole world is shocked

Abramovic laughed heartily: "Hu Li deserves to be called Hu Li, this is the head coach I want." You look at his command is the performance of the master of excision, he is bold enough, careful enough, very good" Abramovich now simply regards Hu Li as a god, thinking about Chelsea this season, Abramovic is almost flying. Perhaps, as early as 2 years ago, Abramovich conquered Hu Li's performance, Abramovic is now very fortunate that Hu Li has become the most ideal head coach of his team, Pini Zahavi, Kennyon also introduced Ferguson, Wenger, but these old gentlemen prefer to stay in Manchester United, Arsenal, and from the current point of view, Abramovich believes that Hu Li can become the head coach of Chelsea, it is simply the feeling of first love.

"But, you know, usually people like him are also very tough," reminds Pini Zahavi.

He's one of Ferguson's good friends and certainly knows what a manager like Ferguson is.

In fact, people who can achieve great results in football, whether they are managers or players, need to have their own personality, and even zoom in to all fields, and it is difficult for people who lack personality to get ahead.

"Normal, too impersonal people, dare to press Portugal to play on such an occasion" Abramovich was not finished speaking, but pointed to the field, the Greek team once again sounded the horn of counterattack, launched a round of fierce attack on Portugal.

From the moment Greece scored the second goal, Scolari's face became ugly, because he knew very well that this team was not the golden generation he wanted, and this team was still far from the team he wanted.

Especially when the Greek team scored two goals in a row, Hu Li still did not choose to be conservative, but waved his hand, taking advantage of the team's morale to rise, and taking advantage of the rest of the first half, to continue to launch a round of fierce attacks on Portugal.

In the 22nd minute, the Greek team once again attacked the hinterland of Portugal, and after Marchini successfully scored the ball, he gave it to Deco, who passed a straight pass to Ronaldo Jr. to launch a counterattack, but Deras cleared it with a big foot in advance.

Zalisteas headed the ball to the left, Zagorakis got the ball and shook off Ferrari, facing Carvalho on the left side of the penalty area, a series of three feints, finally deceived Carvalho, quickly shook off the opponent, entered the box, and before Ricardo could react, fired a low shot into the near corner, the ball passed between Carvalho's left side and the post.

I went, the ball went in again, and in the 22nd minute of the first half, I looked at a simple attack and scored again.

It's still unbearable, the game has been played to 3:0 so far, and there are 23 minutes left in the first half, so it's okay not to play like this.

Is this still Portugal's golden generation? Is this still a representation of Latin football?

The entire Stadium of Light was completely occupied by Greek fans, and this group of Greek fans in black jerseys were so excited that they couldn't wait to jump over the fence and rush onto the field to celebrate wildly.

At this moment, no words, no actions, no catharsis can express the excitement and excitement in their hearts.

They can only say that their whole mind has become completely unconscious, and the surprise has completely occupied their souls, and they would never have imagined that the team could achieve such an amazing advantage in the first half, 3:0, this is 3:0, they actually took a three-goal lead.

Ye Qiu seemed very calm, he overestimated Real Madrid's sense of resistance, and when the game was actually played, he found that Real Madrid's defense was even more fragile than he imagined, and Real Madrid's discipline was even worse than he imagined.

When their style of play is not graceful and calm, when their ball control is no longer fluid, when their offense hits a wall everywhere, the team's flaws are infinitely magnified, magnified and magnified, and finally presented as this shocking score on the field.

Ye Qiu didn't know what to say, this score was a bit unexpected to him, but it was reasonable, so he didn't have the crazy surprises of the fans, and some were just a faint regret, because in his opinion, such a Real Madrid should have been more effective and stronger.

Around him, the assistants were already ecstatic, hugging each other in twos and threes, and even Bobby Harms was a little forgetful, shouting and screaming there, obviously surprised by the direction of the game.

But Hu Li has always maintained a calm and rational attitude, because he knows very well that now is not the time to celebrate, so he must suppress the excitement in his heart, even pride, and carefully take precautions to guard against Portugal's counterattack.

With a war on its back, Portugal had no way out. They spent the rest of the first half attacking and attacking with all their might. But the blossoming did not bear fruit, much to the sadness of Portuguese fans.

So, the second half was the toughest test.

Although everyone thought that Portugal would definitely fight back in the second half because they had no way out, no one expected that Scolari's substitution at halftime was not to strengthen the attack, but to choose to defend solidly.

Portugal's solid defence has led to a burst of boos from the Portuguese fans, who believe that Scolari's move lacks courage, and that Portugal should be more determined to attack rather than defend conservatively.

But what is clear is that Portugal's defence is standing up, at least not as fragile as it was in the first half.

After stabilizing the defense and gaining a foothold, Portugal's punches began to grow powerful.

First, Figo knocked back on the right side, and Pauletta stopped the ball and volleyed with his left foot, and the ball was saved.

After that, it was Figo who cut into the middle from the left side with the ball, and under the attack of Giana Kopoulos and Calagones, in order to cut off the ball at Figo's feet, he shoveled Figo, was shown a yellow card by the referee, and gave Portugal a free kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area, but Figo failed to suppress the ball and was slightly higher.

Relative to Portugal's offensive is becoming more and more threatening, the Greek team's counterattack is not weak at all.

First of all, Richard cut inside with the ball on the right side and plugged straight behind him, Chalisteas still knocked the Portuguese defense out of a bloody way in the case of the joint attack of the two central defenders in Portugal, and grabbed the point before the two, but unfortunately, although this shot was only more than 8 meters away from the goal line, Ricardo stood in position and blocked the angle, and Icharisteas's shot was too positive, which directly led to the invalidity of the shot.

Not long after, Zagorakis forced a breakthrough on the left, causing a foul on Ferreira, Elb took a free kick, Richard nodded the ball in front of the ferry, Zagorakis was unmarked at the back point, but did not reach the ball, and could only watch this perfect opportunity to meet with him.

After missing such a must-have goal, Zagorakis was so remorseful that he couldn't bury his head in the grass of the Stadium of Light, and his hands kept pounding the turf, and he couldn't understand why the ball couldn't be reached.

But Greece's threatening counterattack greatly deterred Portugal's attack, at least let the Portuguese superstars know that no matter how fierce they attack, Greece is not completely without the power to fight back.

But even so, Greece was still in the 71st minute, Portugal broke their own goal.

It was a pinpoint through ball from Figo, and the Portuguese star used his masterful dribbling skills to get the ball out of the circle between the two, and Ronaldo scurried to shoot straight at goal.

After the goal, Portugal seemed to see the dawn of victory again, and Scolari pressed his hand to further strengthen the team's attack.

In the 71st minute, after Portugal pulled back a goal, the attack was the most fierce, and when the Greek defense was under huge pressure, it was a long pass from Eler, which quickly rushed to the left side of the Portuguese penalty area, and waited until Charlisteas and other teammates passed back and forth to the penalty area, Ricardo took the initiative to attack and knocked the ball out before Charlistias.

In the 78th minute, Charlisteas stopped the ball on his chest at the edge of the penalty area, did not wait for the ball to land, saw that Ricardo had lost the ability to keep the goal, and directly shot a powerful long shot, the ball was like a cannonball, straight to the bottom right corner of the goal.

This time, Ferreira, who was on the back track, finally made a difference, he fell in front of the goal line and blocked Sneijder's long-range shot from outside the goal line, saving Portugal in the most important moment.

For the first time, all the Portuguese fans in the stadium finally cheered the performance of the Portuguese players.

Coming close to conceding again, combined with the rapid passage of time in the game, Portugal was feeling a little frustrated.

Although at this time, the Portuguese players are constantly calling on their teammates to continue to work hard, and they are all leading by example and actively looking for opportunities, but helplessly, most of the Portuguese players have lost their fighting spirit.

In the last ten minutes, Portugal was never able to form a threatening attack against Greece, and Greece also paid more attention to defense.

Eventually, when the fourth official played the card with three minutes of stoppage time, everyone knew that the game was decided.

The Greek fans celebrated wildly in the stands, shouting and cheering one by one, shouting the names of every Greek player, shouting for the head coach Hu Li, and shouting for everyone in the team.

The Portuguese fans were dead silent, the most loyal of them, and they were all unhappy with the team's performance in this game, but they looked lost in front of the Greek fans who were celebrating wildly.

Just like the star-studded Portuguese players on the pitch, they are full of confusion and incomprehension.

In terms of value, Portugal spent more money on any one of these superstars than the total number of players in the Greek team, but this group of superstars who were worth a lot of money were beaten to the brink in the final, facing this group of unknown players

"This is not only worthy of in-depth reflection by the Portuguese players and managers, but also worthy of deep reflection by all football practitioners, perhaps the success of the Greek team is more like the success of football than the success of the stars." The on-site commentator also expressed his own feelings and sighs.

Everybody loves beauty, everybody wants to see the most beautiful and beautiful side, so they love Portugal, they like the golden generation, they love the artistic movement that a group of the world's best superstars play together.

But football is not only beautiful, not only art, but more importantly, blood, enthusiasm and teamwork.

"In this game, the Greek team won a complete victory, Portugal failed to destroy Greece with their artistic football as everyone expected before the game, but was destroyed by Greece's blood and fighting spirit, and Hu Li used his wise strategy and targeted tactics to win the European Championship finals again, and unexpectedly led the Greek team to the top of Europe."

"We can hear that almost all the Greek fans are shouting the name of the head coach Hu Li, as if they are using this way to express their affirmation and love for the head coach, and also want to use this way to retain Hu Li, who is rumored to be leaving the team, because they all know very well that the young Chinese coach will leave the Greek team after this game."

"Many people say that Hu Li is very much like the Greek god, and he has left his own deep mark on the football history of the Greek team,"

"Indeed, there is a huge disparity in European football today, and it is a complete myth that a low-end team like Greece can stand on the highest podium."

"From this point, it can also be seen how difficult it is for Hu Li to get to today, and the significance brought is extraordinary, and because of this, whether it is the Greek team or Leicester City fans, they are so persistent in wanting to keep their head coach."

While the Greek fans were chanting, German referee Merck finally blew the whistle for the end of the game.

At the moment of the whistle, the Greek fans in the stadium immediately became crazy, shouting and cheering, and many people were even singing the Greek team song and fan song to vent their excitement.

The chorus of 10,000 people is majestic and blood-pumping.

On the pitch, the Greek coaching staff, staff, and players on the bench all rushed onto the pitch, and everyone got carried away on the pitch to celebrate, they performed a miracle, they finally reached the top of Europe, and won back an unprecedented trophy for the Greek national team.

No words can describe the excitement of the Greeks at this moment, and no action can give vent to the excitement in their hearts.

Hu Li was the first to rush into the stadium, he didn't care about the leather shoes under his feet, kept waving his arms, ran around the stadium for a while, and kept shouting at the fans in the stands, which made him run out of breath and sweat profusely, but also felt very happy, and vented the excitement in his heart.

He did it, he finally fulfilled Lao Lei Shuai's wish, and at the same time pushed himself to the altar again.

He was able to stand on the top of Europe, stand on the winner's podium of the final, and once again prove his ability for the Chinese. It proves that Chinese people can also play football and are proud.

A thousand words turned into a confident fist gesture, and then he was swallowed up by the frenzied Greek players, coaches and staff, who carried Hu Li around the Stadium of Light as if they were carrying a king, receiving shouts and congratulations from the fans in the stands from all sides.