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"We are currently broadcasting the final of the 2004 European Football Championship against Portugal and Greece."

"Compared with Portugal, the Greek team's results in world football are average, and the history of the two teams is also Portugal's overall advantage, but in this year's European Championships, the Greek team under the leadership of young coach Foxes went all the way to the final as a dark horse under the premise of not being favored.

"In today's European football, the Portuguese football team has many top stars, it can be said that they are star-studded, they are the top giants in Europe, but the strength of the Greek team should not be underestimated, they have overcome strong opponents in this European Championship, unbeaten is the most dominant team in this European Championship, this team's combat effectiveness is extraordinary.

"It is also because both teams have extraordinary strength, so the stadium of light is full tonight, I heard that it is already hard to find tickets outside, and the scalpers have raised the ticket price to more than 20 times the usual price, which shows the popularity of this game, and in the stands of this stadium, only 15 lucky fans can watch this game live."

As the on-site commentator spoke, the starting lineups for both sides were displayed on the screen.

"Portugal's starting line-up today has not changed much, with Ricardo in goalkeeper and Ferrei in the backline. Jorge, Carvalho, Valente, Maniche at the back, Figo, Deco, Ronaldo, Rui in the front. Costa and Pauleta are at the top. ”

"The Greek team has not changed much today, the goalkeeper is Nicopolidis, the back line is Eber, Draskapsis, Hebrew

Richard at the back, Giana Koopoulos Calagones, Chatas, Zagorakis; The single striker is Charlistias. “

"Both teams have clearly adopted their strongest line-ups, with Portugal having made a change and in order to strengthen their attacking power, Scolari put Ronaldo Jr. up front, so there is a lot of speculation that Scolari may be counter-attacking in this game"

With a series of introductions by the on-site commentators, the players of the two teams slowly walked out of the players' tunnel under the leadership of the German referee Merck, and the scene suddenly resounded with overwhelming cheers, and the whole scene was very warm.

The players and the referee team walked to the court, lined up left and right, the ball boys stood neatly in front of them, the reporters and live broadcast agencies on the scene were quickly filming, and Hu Li and Scolari followed the team out of the players' tunnel one after another, the two met in front of the channel, and after shaking hands, they each returned to their coaches' seats.

"Today Portugal wore their auspicious white jersey and Greece wore blue jerseys, and when choosing the jerseys, both teams also chose lucky colors at the same time, so you can see how important this game is to the two teams for this game, this is a battle between European hegemons, this game will be very exciting."

"Merck, the German referee, has a lot of experience in law enforcement, and he is very strict and fair, and through many games, his fitness is very good, and he runs even more distance than the players, which allows him to reach every corner of the pitch very quickly and accurately, and because of this, UEFA will arrange for him to officiate such an important game."

Merck put the captain of the two teams respectively. Costa and Zagorakis both called over to guess the edge, and in the end it was Portugal who got the kick-off, which also made the Portuguese fans feel a burst of excitement and cheers from the audience.

It was in this warm and tense atmosphere that the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game at 19:45 on time, and everyone on the scene rang out with overwhelming cheers.

Born in Africa, Yaya Toure loves leopards, but not cheetahs, but African leopards.

In the eyes of Europeans, the most terrifying animal is the wolf, and the current Greek team is a pack of terrible wolves.

Wolves are so fast, but they are more durable, and individual wolves may be weaker, but when they are in packs, they are the most terrifying creatures.

As soon as the whistle blew at the start of the game, the Greek team seemed to be like a pack of wolves, entering an ambush state, they patiently swept the situation on the field, watched the Portuguese players back and forth to their feet, watched the ball fall to the feet of Figo, while the Portuguese superstar walked along the right side, unsuspecting into the ambush circle of the wolves.

Perhaps, in the eyes of the Portuguese superstar, he has outstanding individual skills and is not afraid of being entangled by opponents, on the contrary, he likes to have people close to him, so that he can directly use his speed to get past opponents and form a threat.

But it is clear that he still has not found the reason for the last failure.

Richard was very calm when he ambushed Figo, he was a strong fighter, their strong physique, well-developed muscles, thick and powerful legs, firmly carried Figo with their bodies, and forced the Portuguese to lose their balance.

At the moment when the loophole appeared, Richard did not hesitate to step out and put the shovel.

The man fell to the ground and the ball flew off the touchline, a throw-in from Portugal

Figo's whole person was hooked to the ground by Richard's thick legs, and when he stood up, he waited viciously for the Greek, but Richard Ray seemed unmoved, looked at Figo, and slowly retreated.

The Portuguese man stepped forward quickly to take advantage of the throw-in opportunity to launch an attack, and when Ferreira threw the ball directly to Figo, Calagonés held Figo firmly and the latter quickly knocked back Ferreira.

Just as Ferreira was about to pass the ball to Pauletta, it was Richard who was ambushed again, and after a successful interception in the middle, he quickly advanced with the ball, and Greece played a counterattack.

I saw that Richard was very fast with the ball, and he spotted an opportunity, and directly passed the ball to the left with a big foot.

Valente had just stepped in to attack, and at this moment Charlisteas was rushing forward quickly along the left side, looking back at the direction of the ball, judging the landing point, but the ball was not passed very well, and Charlisteas was a beat slow to stop the ball.

This slow, Portugal's return defense was quickly put in place.

Charlisteas on the left side of the penalty area, Rui. Jorge and Carvalho were in the penalty area, forming a two-on-one situation.

There was no suspense in the result, Charisteas broke through Hierro quickly, pulled a position and then crossed with his left foot, which was low and flat.

Zagorakis used his body to block Ferreira when he was quickly forward, but the latter fought with Zagorakis, and when Zagorakis received this cross, he was interfered with from behind, and finally missed the point, and the shot near the penalty spot did not have much strength, and was held in Ricardo's arms.

"The first shot of the game came from the captain of Greece Zagorakis, and it was a cross from Charisteas."

"We can see that the Greek team did not seem to adopt conservative tactics at the beginning, the counterattack was very bold, and there was a lot of force investment, and after stepping forward, they did not seem to be in a hurry to retreat, but actively launched their own frontcourt pressing, and their good high defensive pressing tactics."

The ball was at Ricardo's feet, but the Greeks showed no signs of retreating, and the defence advanced to the halfway line and opened up close marking on Portugal, leaving Ricciardo unsure of how to pass.

Long passing? There is no commanding height in front of it, and the long pass is to give the ball to the Greek team.

But short passes can't be done, the Greek team is very close to the Portuguese defenders, after all, they have three people in front, three interfere with four, it can be done very easily, Ricardo did not dare to take this risk, so in the end he chose to pass long.

Elb stepped forward quickly and headed Ricciardo's long ball to Richard, who quickly flicked it back to Annakopoulos on the right, who took a few steps forward with the ball and quickly slotted it behind him.

Calagones retreated along the right side to pull the ball, and after winning the ball, he quickly turned and cut in, and quickly went to the middle to pull out the central defender, Rui. If hot, Carvalho is in neutral and crosses directly.

As he sprinted past Ferreira's defence and was about to take the ball for a one-on-one run, the linesman raised the flag and signalled for offside.

Charisteas was offside and thought he was going to make a single knife, so he was too happy, but as soon as he heard the whistle, he immediately shook his head helplessly, but he didn't forget to give a thumbs up to Calagones, this pass is indeed beautiful, Calagones' right foot is now very skillful, so he is getting more and more colored in the right winger position.

The continuous attack made the Greek fans in the stands shout very energetically, they did not expect that the team's start would be so unrestrained, not considering the reason for the final at all, they used the opening to launch a round of attack on Portugal in one go, Hu Li's courage really surprised everyone, and was also admired.

To be honest, Figo, Deco, Ronaldo, Rui. No one can ignore the offensive combination of Costa and Pauletta, and if they are placed in front of the opponent's defensive line, who dares to say that they will be able to defend it?

But Hu Li didn't seem to care about these superstars at all at the beginning, but once again started an offensive battle with Portugal.

From the very beginning, the tempo was picked up by the Greek team, especially the pressing and pressing of the Greek midfield, which made the Portuguese group of stars feel very uncomfortable, they are used to possession and technical flow.

Portugal had the highest possession rate of any team in the European Championships, and the longer they had possession, the more room they could bring to the technical flow. Therefore, Figo and others have enough time to display their chic and elegant ball control skills, and only then do they have time to slowly find loopholes and launch a penetrating attack with mercury.

But there is one thing that many people don't think about, that is, Portugal has the fewest fouls per game on average, and the fewer fouls you have, the more clean and gentlemanly your team plays, but it also means that your team is not bloody and brave enough.

The rules of football have been precipitated and tempered for a hundred years, and each one is an iron law that has been tempered thousands of times, such as offside, which is definitely a great initiative to make football the world's number one sport, and fouls, which are also worth studying.

There are many types of fouls, and malicious fouls are of course to be contained, but on a tactical level, some tactical fouls are essential for any team and part of any manager's defense.

Just imagine, when a team has just breathed a sigh of relief and just controlled the rhythm, the defender suddenly has a foul, it does not need to be very serious, only needs to stop the game, such a small foul referee will not give cards, and may not even warn, but it can directly interrupt the opponent's rhythm and force the opponent to reorganize.

It's all about getting the most out of the least cost

A very important concept in the defense of football tactics is delay.

At the moment when the attack and defense are switched, the most important task of the defender is not to grab the ball, but to delay the opponent's attack, while the attacker, on the contrary, they have to do everything possible to avoid the opponent's delay tactics.

Tactical fouls are undoubtedly one of the most important means of delay.

One of the main reasons for Portugal's lack of fouls is that they almost never stalk and rarely press and defend.

And within the Portuguese team, almost the vast majority of fouls were concentrated on two people, Maniche and Deco.

It was the fouls of Maniche and Deco that made it look like Portugal was not dropping points in these games, while everyone else, went in. Representatives of Latin football, of course, played with technology.

But football is a team sport, all run to play skills, who will defend, who will defend.

It is not difficult to see from the foul situation in Portugal that the team's defense is actually very weak, especially the superstars in the midfield, who are almost not actively involved in the defense, and if they play in the game and rhythm that they control, they can destroy any enemy with their own attack.

But once they can't keep the ball as they want, once they can't play in the rhythm they are familiar with and play to their attacking advantages, then everyone will find that Real Madrid's midfield is almost undefended.

Figo and they are only symbolically in their own position, doing symbolic defense, which allows the Greek team to always pass through Portugal's midfield smoothly every time they attack, and when they reach the middle, the Greek team is immediately assigned to the wing, and the side side will attack.

No matter how good Marceni and De Cole's defense is, it is impossible for him to cover the entire defensive line, and Greece is used from two wings, when Macheni and De Cole can't take care of it, this is the weakest moment of Portugal's defense, seize this weakness, the Greek team directly launched a powerful impact, used the start, and completely suppressed Portugal.

Hu Li's strategy is very risky, but it is also very simple, I don't focus on defending you after the opening, I will attack first, use the attack to fight for the first goal, as long as I can score first, I have chips to play with you.

As for the risk, it is also very large, if there is a counterattack against Portugal, or if the individual ability of the star is played, then Greece will become more passive and in a more dangerous situation.

But the Greek team also has its own advantages, that is, the whole.

Relying on the whole is always more secure than relying on the individual

Hu Li's game was specifically aimed at Portugal's set of tactical play, adjusting the team's defensive position, among them, using Richard as the fulcrum to cover the entire stadium of the passing area, so as to maximize the dispatch of Portugal to the greatest extent.

McCone was positioned a little further forward in this match, which had the advantage of being able to cut forward for Robert Carlos and also play a corner with Mascherano and contain Zidane, limiting the Frenchman's space to the maximum.

After the opening, the two wings of the Greek team played very lively, playing very fast, maximizing the Portuguese double back zone.

Because Figo and the golden generation are not actively involved in defense, this makes Portugal's two wings often in an embarrassing situation of one-on-one, or even one-on-two, and the two central defenders must watch the Greek team's single striker to the greatest extent, and it is difficult to help the side, which makes Portugal's wing defense very passive

Although Portugal played a double back in this game, Deco's position was relatively forward, and the sense of defense was not strong, so on the defensive end, it was more dependent on Marchieni, but Marchini, the Portuguese, was only one person, and it was difficult to cover the entire field.

The Greek team sometimes plays on the left, sometimes on the right, and sometimes on the left and right wings back and forth, which makes it difficult for Macioni to take care of the defense of two wings at the same time.

Just like this time, Chatas split the ball to the right side, Zagorakis stepped forward and entered the 30-meter area of Real Madrid, and crossed the ball 45 degrees diagonally to the edge of the penalty area to find Charlistias. Charisteas overwhelmed Portugal's two central defenders, knocked back the header, pulled from the right to the middle of Calagones to get the ball and quickly kicked the ball to the front line, and the person also quickly plugged in, directly using speed to break through Elgra and pick up the back point.

By this time, Charlisteas had already shaken off the central defenders and quickly entered the penalty area, but there was still no time, and he could only watch the ball pass in front of the Portuguese goal and could not do anything.

But Giana Kopoulos on the left side grabbed Rui. Costa rushed to the penalty area, intercepted the ball in front of the left baseline, picked up a half-high ball, and went to Zalisteas again, and Charlisteas happened to be in the small penalty area.

Rui, who was already in the way of Charlisteas. Ruore thought that the ball would go out of the bottom line, but he didn't expect Giana Kopoulos to save it again, and he was a little surprised, and he didn't have time to block Charlisteas, but he saw that Charlisteas had easily faced the incoming ball, stopped with his chest, picked up his left foot, and directly shot with gravity, and the ball went straight to the Portuguese goal.

"The ball went in"

"Just five minutes into the first half, Greece took the lead in scoring against Portugal"

"Oh my God, very, very skillful coordination, the Greek players looked more combative, and they didn't give up when they saw the ball go out of the line, they chased it straight to the bottom line, and finally managed to intercept the ball and pass a very beautiful cross." That's the result of persistence.

"Portugal's defence has always been the most unsettling for all their fans, they have the strongest attacking group in the world, but they also have the most worrying defence, and it is simply difficult for Portugal to cope with such a skilful and fluid attack by the Greek team"

The on-site commentators were a little surprised that the game broke the deadlock so early, after all, in such an important final, a single goal will often determine the rest of the game, and will also affect the fighting spirit and morale of the opposing sides.

Hu Li was so excited to see the Greek team score the ball on the sidelines, frantically opened his arms, rushed to his assistants and players on the bench, hugged them one by one to celebrate, and finally held his right fist in front of the live camera close to him, and let out an angry roar.

"We're going to win, we're going to win"

The Greek players on the pitch were already celebrating like crazy on the sidelines, and the Greek fans in the stands were just as crazy, and there were even countless Greek fans who were already dancing there, and they couldn't imagine how excited the team would be if they did beat Portugal to win the title.

'The start of the game was very quick for Greece and they looked very aggressive from the first minute, while Portugal didn't look very excited after the start and gave the illusion that this was not a European Championship final but a very ordinary game.

"Of course, Portugal's slump has also been suppressed to some extent by the Greek team, which makes it difficult for them to play in the rhythm they are familiar with and used to, and the Greek team enjoys this kind of fast pace of attack and defense."

"We got the news before the game that Greece came to the Stadium of Light almost two hours early to warm up and train before the start of this game, while Portugal came to the Stadium of Light an hour earlier and it was a matter of attitude."

"Perhaps, from this little bit of insignificant detail, we can clearly see that the two teams have shown two very different attitudes towards this final, Portugal is indeed the strongest team in football today, but it is far from the point where they can beat strong opponents casually."

'Of course, it was just a goal, a wake-up call for Portugal and Scolari should make adjustments and changes as soon as possible, especially with this mentality of the players, which must be reversed.

"Another point is the manager's tactical battle, Hu Li is bolder but also more targeted, he uses a wide attack method, limiting the space of the Portuguese midfield, making it difficult for them to use their technical advantages as they want."

"And after the opening, it seems bold to invest heavily in the attack, but in fact it is very effective against Portugal's defensive disadvantage, the Greek team is more through two wings to attack, and the side attack is precisely the advantage of the Greek team, Portugal's double back is useless."

When it came to this, the on-site commentator also felt very helpless, in the European Championship final, Portugal did not make targeted tactical arrangements for Greece, and if the defensive weaknesses were not corrected, then Portugal would die ugly. This is true even when attacking Portugal, which is as powerful as a country.

Scolari really didn't expect the Greek team to start so risky, but he also clearly saw that his death hole was firmly pinched in his hands by Hu Li, and he did not relax.

After taking a goal lead, Greece seemed to have some conservative awareness, began to consciously slow down the tempo, gathered forces and began to stabilize the defense, and their defense started from the middle line, and the defense line entered their own 30-meter area, which was not considered a retreat, but orderly.

Portugal's offense and defense are too torn, offense is offense, defense is defense, the whole team seems to be separated into two parts, and when Portugal attack, when Portugal's superstars enter the Greek half, they will be very alarmed to find that there are always two or three players missing the Greek team around them.

Greece's three lines are kept tight, and the distance between the players is kept at the right distance, maintaining echoes and connections, while their aggressive pressing and pressing up front, and active running strategy, allow their players to effectively separate the Portuguese players who value individual play

As a result, the fantastic passing and receiving combination was overwhelmed by the rampage of running, and the mercury-like attack was overshadowed by one foul whistle after another, and Portugal had always been proud and proud of the attack, and in the face of Greece's tight defensive system, there was no threat at all.

Figo lacked the support of his teammates and was tied up by Greece, Pauletta worked hard but could not create chances for his team-mates, Figo faced Elb on the right and did not take much advantage, and Ronaldo Jr. waited alone in front for the pass behind him.

But in Scolari's opinion, none of this is terrible, what is really scary is that this group of players clearly lacks fighting spirit.

Before the final, Portugal performed very well, with a good balance in attack and defence.

In the final, Portugal's performance was completely out of the world's top teams.

What makes this team lose confidence is because Portugal is a team that hasn't really had a bad fight.

It is Portugal that still has the mentality of being the first in the world.

It's the mentality of a generation of golden players.

It is the gains and losses of fame and fortune that affect this group of superstars.

In a smooth race, no one will be seen, because when winning, everyone will only focus on the bright superstars, but no one will notice the hidden dangers behind the superstars.

Equally worrisome is the uncertainty of the team leader.

If it is in the absence of Figo, Rui. Costa, the only one of them, believed that either of them would not hesitate to stand up and criticize his teammates' laziness and control the locker room with the strength of his captain, but there is no room for two tigers on the mountain now.

It's as if you can't hear the shouts of the players on the pitch right now.

Scolari saw all of this, but he didn't give any effective solution, as if now on the pitch, Portugal is behind, facing Greece who has stabilized the defense, and in the face of the attack that has been delayed, Scolari still has no choice.

Perhaps, no one has ever told Scolari that a battle for leadership can lead to the death of a team

Greece slowed down the tempo and defended the counterattack, and it looked as if the Greek team was going to hold on to the 1-0 score first.

Even the on-site commentator felt that the rush after the opening seemed to be just Greece's accidental madness, more like using the opening to frustrate Portugal's sharpness, the real theme of Greece's game is still defensive counterattack, or to consolidate their defense on the side of the male god first.

"Hu Li's thinking really can't be wrong, after all, such an important game should be more stable."

But in fact, only everyone in Greece knows that slowing down the pace and defending the counterattack is just a strategy that Hu Li has laid out before the game, because the team cannot maintain a fast pace for a long time, so it is necessary to properly release control and initiative to hook Portugal out and play.

From the first goal, Portugal launched a round of counter-attack, Greece on the one hand through tight defense and effective foul delay tactics to consolidate their own defense, on the other hand, on the other hand, to organize a series of sharp counter-attacks, but basically only focus on two or three troops.

This undoubtedly further fueled Portugal's attack, and the superstars were very active, frequently actively stepping forward to participate in the attack, hoping to equalize the score as soon as possible, and even reverse the Greek team.

Strangled Marchini and Deco, Figo was limited by the captain of the Greek team, Portugal's entire offensive system was suppressed by Greece, and it seemed that it had the initiative, but there were not many opportunities to really threaten, on the other hand, Greece, every counterattack could give Portugal's fragile defense a wake-up call, so that they should not get too carried away.

But when a team lacks unity and the offense and defense are torn apart, the contradictions between the players become great.

The attacking players in front don't care about the defensive problems behind them, and they don't care about the hidden dangers, they attack forward as soon as they get the ball, and it is not their responsibility to defend at all, and the offensive players go forward, what do the defenders do?

If you don't follow up, the offense won't work at all, and with the strength of Greece, once you lose the ball, the defender can't get into the defensive position at the first time, which will inevitably lead to Greece pressing on it, and the defense will definitely not be able to prevent it.

But if you follow, what about the gap behind you?

Hu Li clearly saw through this, and he noticed that Ferreira liked to plug in and often ran away from his position. If the heat is slow, Macioni is a positional type of midfielder, so he immediately conveyed it to the players on the pitch to know that the counterattack will play a long pass to the right.

So, from the 30th minute onwards, Greece played several counterattacks on the right side, and Chatas and Zagorakis got frequent chances on this side, including a very threatening counterattack, Chatas cut inside on the right side and shook Marcheni and then went straight to Richard, who was inserted.

After Richard got the ball, on the one hand, he used his body to suppress the defender, and on the other hand, he used his own skills to pass the attacking Ricardo, but this trip was too big, and the angle of the shot that followed by Chalisteas also did not drop, and he was forced to pass back, but Marcheni arrived in time to destroy the ball.

This almost goal-scoring attack made all the Portuguese fans tremble, and they even wondered how this was the first time that they had launched a counterattack from the right side, and how could the Portuguese manager and players not realize that they had to block the left?

There is a good saying, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the boat was late and encountered a head wind.

It's not that Scolari doesn't want to do it, but his current situation is that once he wants to change, he will tear down the east wall and make up the west wall

All in all, there are no cards to play in your hand.

But the Greek team is like a hungry shark cruising in the sea, as soon as he smells blood, he will rush up and devour his opponent at all costs.

Maybe Portugal still have a chance, but it won't be the first half, and unless they can adjust in the second half, the fate that awaits them at half will still be a defeat.

Portugal fans were disappointed, they didn't expect Portugal, a football powerhouse, to be forced into this role by Greece.

Maybe the next game will change.