I, Davosuk, as the leader of this Croatian team, I have to step up and face the test of the birdcage tactics. www.biquge.info I can't just stay in the middle circle of midfield and let the Portuguese keep wreaking havoc on our penalty area and helpless......

So, I left the center circle and quietly ran to the backcourt......

"Luis Figo, please accept my tackle!"

I suddenly shoveled at Louis Figo from behind his side! At his feet, there is a soccer ball, which is gracefully controlled by him. The Portuguese is already very technical, Luis Figo is the best of the Portuguese, he is naturally not afraid of my tackle, he only gently flicked the ball down the middle, and Rui Costa on the other side received the ball with ease.

But that's not what I did with my tackle. I'm just going to get Luis Figo to pass the ball out, and Rui Costa, he's got someone else to clean it up.

That man is Boksic! When Boksic is running around alone among the Portuguese ball handlers, he works as hard as a mouse in the ball grabbing the ball, in the continuous passing of the Portuguese, he is tired and consumes a lot of physical strength, but as long as I control Luis Figo, then he almost only needs to control Rui Costa to break the Portuguese birdcage tactics for our entire Croatian team's backline!

As a teammate for many years, Boksic knew my tactics very well, and when I appeared in front of Luis Figo, Boksic already knew my intentions! So he pressed towards Rui Costa, even if Rui Costa passed the ball in another direction, he did not leave him, but signaled to our Croatian players in the corresponding direction to go over and press, so Marić on the right side pressed forward and restrained the Portuguese team's ball-possessing players.

Marić makes a steal! We finally broke the birdcage tactics of the Portuguese team! Marić was quick, and he broke through quickly on the flanks to get past the Portuguese full-backs and into the back. At the same time, Boksic and I quickly got rid of the entanglement between Rui Costa and Luis Figo and ran forward as well! You know, the birdcage tactics are a tactic that requires a very large number of people, since the Portuguese team dares to play this birdcage tactics, then their backline must have pressed a lot of people, at this moment, their backline is like air, a touch of collapse, we play a quick counterattack at this moment, we will be able to stir up the Portuguese team's backline, maybe we can also, score another goal, 2:0 lead!

At this time, the rest of our Croatian team quickly followed! Boban, Prosinetski, and even the full-back, Jairny, who was recovering from a serious injury, rushed up! We just have to seize this opportunity to fight back quickly, and we must beat Portugal in one fell swoop, and if we can't score this goal, Portugal will have more powerful means to besiege us. If we want to fight back, it's going to be difficult.

Marić quickly flicked the ball across the middle, Boban got a pass from Marić in the middle and quickly cut into the Portuguese box. Portugal now have only two centre-backs to defend with, but we have as many as four or five attacking players. These four or five of our players, facing the defence of two Portuguese defenders, resolutely inserted into the box. And Boban made a feint in front of the opponent's central defender, faked a real pass, and passed the ball to Prosinetski, Prosinetski received the ball is a volley, his shot is the boomerang shot he just practiced, this shot, the arc of rotation is large, the power is strong, it draws a wonderful arc, like a banana, spinning to the upper right corner of the goal! Although the goalkeeper of the Portuguese team, Baia, is well-informed, he did not expect that there would be another person in our team besides me and Boksic who could also play a killer shot! Prosinetski's boomerang shot caught Bea's goal out of reach, and finally, the ball went into Bea's goal......

The fans were stunned by Prosinetski's goal - they didn't expect that our Croatian team would have such a miraculous skill, when playing Portugal, one of the seven giants in Europe, it was able to score two goals first, and this stuffy stick directly beat the Portuguese team, and they themselves did not expect that in just 30 minutes of the first half, they had already conceded two goals, and how could they play in the later games?

Portugal have two super midfield stars, Rui Costa and Luis Figo, and the control in the midfield is really strong, and their birdcage tactics have not allowed us to counterattack for more than ten minutes, but as long as we seize a counter-attacking opportunity, we can let Portugal concede a goal. Therefore, football is not a complete game of possession, simply having the advantage of possession does not guarantee that the game will lead to victory, if you can have a stronger advantage in terms of speed and power, even if you lose the advantage of possession, it is not the end of the world. But Portugal are still a world-class team and we can't take them lightly just because they scored two goals first, and with their ability to control the field, even after conceding two goals, they can still crush our backline. With the slightest negligence, they can punish us with a short pass infiltration, which has to be guarded against. In any case, we must face Portugal's possible next counterattack with a 12-point spirit. If we can't resist their counter-attack and give the Portuguese morale, then the rest of the game will be difficult.

Before the Portuguese midfield serve, I gathered the whole team for a short meeting. We gathered a little further back in the middle circle, and we all gathered together and briefly bumped heads. I said, "Next, we still need to defend solidly and counterattack quickly like we did just now. Against a team like Portugal, it's hard for us to compete with them for possession, they are very good in possession, like the birdcage tactic just now, although they failed, but the power of this tactic is visible to everyone. They'll have other ways to attack us, but no matter what, we've got to defend first. Now that we're two goals ahead, if we defend well, we have a good chance of winning this game, and if we can't win, at least we can get a draw. We can qualify as long as we draw, no matter what, let's all come on, we must defend well! ”

In our Croatian team, my words still carry some weight. The whole team heard my words and said in unison: "Okay, we all listen to you, as long as we unify our thoughts, we will definitely be able to win, come on, everyone!" ”

In this way, we, the Croatian team, smoothly unified our minds. Under such a unified idea, our whole team advanced and retreated together, and started the journey again!