The fact that New Zealand were able to draw 3-3 with Italy was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, and the strength of the New Zealand team did not seem to be as weak as everyone thought, so this added a lot of imagination to the match between the Portuguese national team and the New Zealand team.

The opening match of the Confederations Cup was played at Alice Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, between hosts South Africa and Asian champions Iraq.

The first match of the Portuguese national team officially started half an hour after the end of this game. Prior to the opening match, there was an opening ceremony at Alice Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was relatively simple and mostly a short program that reflected the local history and culture of South Africa.

In fact, the purpose of this South African Confederations Cup is to pilot the Shijie Cup next year. However, everyone still values the championship of this Federation Cup. Especially the Portuguese national team and Queiroz, Queiroz hopes to relieve his pressure with the Fed Cup title, while the Portuguese national team's Cristiano 61 Ronaldo hopes that this title can add some chips to him in the selection of European Footballer of the Year and Shijie Footballer.

Before the match between the Portuguese national team and the New Zealand national team, the host South Africa took the lead in facing the Asian champions, and the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Queiroz, also sent people to watch the game and collect intelligence.

In this game, although the South African team wants to take advantage of the home advantage to win the Asian champion Iraq, firmly grasp the opportunity to qualify. However, the Iraqi team is not easy to deal with, although he is from Asia, and he was not a traditional strong team in Asia before, this time they seem to have some big upsets when they win the championship, but their strength is really good.

Iraq had a number of dangerous chances in this game, with their core spiritual leader No.10 Younis being very eye-catching, and on two occasions they came close to sending football to South Africa's goal, and their luck was not good.

In the end, South Africa and Iraq played to a goalless draw in the opening match, and the draw was 0-0.

This result is not very satisfactory for both sides, as they will have to win if they want to take the opportunity to qualify firmly in their own hands, because the Portuguese national team in this group will definitely snatch a qualifying place, and the remaining three teams will grab a qualifying place, and the result of their battle against each other will be important.

At the end of the game, the managers of both teams were very dissatisfied, they both thought they could win the game, but unfortunately, their luck was a little worse.

The assistant coach of the Portuguese national team, who went to the scene to collect intelligence, thought that the South African team should be stronger, and they should pay more attention to the South African team. But the Iraqi team is not without characteristics, and their core Younis should be worth noting.

Younis is a very physical guy and has a big advantage in high balls, which is the most profound influence of the assistant coach of the Portuguese national team. However, as long as Younis is controlled, the Iraqi team will not be able to stir up any big waves.

After the match between South Africa and Iraq, the Portuguese national team will face Australian champions New Zealand in the Confederations Cup.

In this match, the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Queiroz, has only one goal, and that is to win the game. Although the New Zealand team drew 3-3 with the Italian team in the warm-up match, this is definitely something that the Portuguese national team can beat.

Because the current Italian national team is really not as good as before, and the age structure of the players is aging. Although they are now replacing the old with the new, their strength is really too different from three years ago.

New Zealand were able to draw against Italy, but they can't say anything? The Portuguese national team must win today's game.

In order to get the team to win, the head coach of the Portuguese national team Queiroz is the main player today, and the previously suspended Cristiano 61 Ronaldo also appeared in the starting list today. Today Queiroz was in a four-two-three-one formation, which he was used to.

In the goalkeeper position is Ricardo, there is no doubt about it. In the back four are Paulo 61, Ferreira, Pepe, Carvalho and Alves. Yes, today Alves was not at centre-back, but at full-back.

In the back two positions were Nemanja Vidic and Joao 61 Moutinho, while Deco was on the bench waiting for his chance.

In the front three positions are Nani, Qiu Ze and Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, and on the top of the front line is Nuno 61 Gomez.

Before the game, Queiroz's only concern was that Qiu Ze and Cristiano 61 Ronaldo would pinch each other during the game. Therefore, in the dressing room, Queiroz repeatedly stressed to the two that they must not be able to make any moths on the field, otherwise, you will wait to be expelled from the national team.

Queiroz has repeatedly stressed that this is absolutely true. If something really happens, as long as he is still in the position of coach of the Portuguese national team for one day, you will be wanted to be in the national team again.

It can be seen that Queiroz is really here this time, even if he will be expelled from the Portuguese national team early because of such a decision, he will do so.

Queiroz is so domineering and has also made the players of the other Portuguese national team a lot more restrained, and the guys who didn't know much in front of Queiroz before, and the guys who are preparing to make small moves, have pressed their hearts and are very happy with the facts.

The head coach of the Portuguese national team, Queiroz, believes that as long as this matter is dealt with, it will be absolutely easy for the Portuguese national team to beat New Zealand.

New Zealand's confidence skyrocketed after they drew with the Italian national team. Before the Italian game, they never imagined that they would be able to beat the Portuguese national team. But after the draw with the Italian national team, do they think they will not be able to beat the Portuguese national team?

Yes, this warm-up game gave the New Zealand players a lot of confidence, they were full of spirit before the game, and they went for the win, not the mentality of fighting for a draw and getting a point.

The New Zealand team today is a four-four-two formation, the goalkeeper position is No. 12 Moss, the four people in the back line are No. 17 Murigan, No. 6 Wicheritzi, No. 3 Rootshead, No. 18 Bowys, the four in the midfield are No. 11 Potos, No. 8 Brown, No. 7 Elliott, No. 10 Kieren, and the two on the front line are No. 9 Smeltz and No. 15 Broch.

According to the assistant coach of the Portuguese national team, the two guys in the New Zealand squad who need to be noticed are Kieren at the heart of the midfield and Smelz up front. Kieren has a certain amount of speed in the midfield, Jishu is also good, and his passing ability is also good, so he needs to be closely marked.

And Smeltz is a typical high school striker, a bridgehead. This guy is tall, liliang is very strong, and he has a very strong control over high-altitude balls. There is also his ability to hold the ball and protect the ball is also very strong, and the Portuguese national team should pay attention to the opponent's high-altitude bombing.

Smeltz's main role in the New Zealand team is to control the first point, get the ball and wait for the New Zealand midfielders to step in, and he plays for the second-line attacking players. There is also a corner kick and a header in the penalty area.

This guy may not be fast, Jishu is not particularly good, not flexible enough, and his individual singles ability is not strong. However, this guy is really a very practical bridgehead, this guy is playing in the Premier League now and is doing very well.

The two men had to be tightly controlled, especially Smeltz, who seemed a little clumsy. The head coach of the Portuguese national team, Queiroz, stressed this point to the defenders of the Portuguese national team many times before the game, and he must not make Smelz feel better.

Soon, the match between the two sides officially began, and the first kick-off was the New Zealand team from Australia. The overall characteristics of the New Zealand team are actually very similar to the Australian national team, which is the kind of team that relies on the body. As the saying goes, they don't play football, they play rugby.

Because for them, rugby is obviously much more popular than football. These guys have almost always played rugby since they were children, and some of them even used to practice rugby and later practiced football, so when playing football, they seem to trust their bodies more.

In fact, such a team does not have too much to do in the positional attack, they are more directly hanging to the front, letting Smeltz fight for the first point, and then control the first point, waiting for the second line players to plug in.

Smeltz gave his second-tier players a bit of a pass and then sprinted into the Portuguese national team's box to scramble for a header.

That's the biggest tactical feature of the New Zealand team. However, in the initial period, the tactics of the New Zealand team were relatively effective. The players of the New Zealand team seem to play with the body first and then play.

The players of the Portuguese national team were not very well prepared for this, so the Portuguese national team did not play very well at the beginning, allowing the New Zealand team to create some chances. However, the chances weren't particularly good, so they didn't get on the scoresheet.

It took almost ten minutes for the Portuguese players to adapt to the New Zealand style of play. In fact, the overall physical fitness of the players of the Portuguese national team is not very bad, that is, the bodies of Nani and Joao 61 Moutinho look a little thinner, and the rest is fine, very good.

Therefore, gradually, the players of the Portuguese national team adapted to the playing style of the New Zealand national team, and gradually began to grasp the initiative on the field, and the Portuguese national team began to rush towards the penalty area of the New Zealand national team, and the Portuguese national team is about to start the offensive mode.

Qiu Ze is in good shape today, and his body is very strong, he is not afraid of the New Zealand team's style of play at all, it seems that he is still enjoying it very much.