Chapter 1288: Before the Semifinals

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The news that the Netherlands had been beaten by Italy in the quarter-finals and said goodbye to the tournament caused quite a stir among the fan base. After all, the Orange Shirts, who play passionately and flamboyantly, have a fairly high popularity among fans, so it is only natural that their exit will attract a lot of attention. Of course, the Italian fans who are celebrating their team's success in reaching the semi-finals are certainly not among them.

The Netherlands, one of the favourites to win the European Championship, exited the quarter-finals early, a result that was naturally unacceptable to the Dutch Football Association, which was ambitious before the start of the European Championship. In their opinion, even if the team fails to win the cup due to an accident, it should reach the semi-finals at the first time, rather than being sent home just after qualifying from the group stage.

Although the direct cause of the orange's premature elimination was that they met defending champions Italy in the quarter-finals, who were also favourites to win the title, the root cause was that the Netherlands did not perform well in the group stage, drawing with Germany and losing to the Czech Republic in the first two group games, and it was not until the final round that Latvia, the weakest team in the group, finally escaped and fell to the second place in the group, which made them meet Italy in advance.

Poor record, being reversed by opponents one after another in the game, and an extremely conservative style of play...... Overall, the Netherlands' performance at this European Championship is hardly convincing.

Therefore, after the match against Italy, the Dutch Football Federation held an emergency meeting overnight and fired Advocaat for his poor results, which was a scapegoat for the team's poor trip to Portugal, so that the fans would not burn their anger on their heads.

While the effects of the head-to-head clash between the Netherlands and Italy were slowly fermenting in time, the final match of the quarter-finals of the European Championship also came to an end - under the leadership of Nedved, the Bohemian Irons defeated the Nordic Bucrates Sweden 3-0 to become the last team to qualify for the semi-finals of the European Championship!

With a brace in the game, Czech striker Baros managed to overtake Diego Milito, who had already scored four goals in this European Championship, to rise to the top of the scorers' charts with five goals!

Barosh's impressive performances at this tournament have delighted his current club, Premier League giants Liverpool. Although at the end of the 03-04 season, the Reds hierarchy sent away the manager who led the team for six years but never made any breakthrough in the league battlefield, and could only show off in the League Cup and FA Cup, and invited Spaniard Rafa Benitez, who led Valencia to the La Liga title, as the team's new manager, and also planned to upgrade the team's squad this summer. But this series of actions has put a heavier financial burden on Liverpool, which is not in a good financial situation.

To that end, Liverpool have recently been peddling players that Benitez has labeled as 'sellable' in an attempt to ease their own financial pressure. And in their list for sale, there is even Michael Owen, known as the golden boy and the ace of the England national team!

To be honest, Liverpool had no intention of selling Owen at all, but Owen's refusal to renew his contract made Liverpool extremely passive. Because Irving's statement is known to people all over the world, so even if they want to sell Irving to other teams, it will be difficult to sell it for a high price. After all, no club would pay a hefty transfer fee for a player with only one year left on his contract, and it is only natural to take the opportunity to lower the price.

And now, the sudden outburst of Barosh, who has been mediocre after landing in the Premier League, in this European Championship has made Liverpool FC, which has been embarrassed by this matter, finally made up its mind to cash out Owen. After all, for the current Liverpool, instead of forcing Owen to stay for a year and end up with no personal wealth, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of one year left in the contract to sell him in exchange for a transfer fee to reduce the financial burden.

Therefore, as Baros's performance in the European Championship is getting better and better, and there are even faint signs of winning the European Championship Golden Boot, the Liverpool club is naturally extremely satisfied. Because this way, they don't have to worry about the stand-in problem after Owen's departure, and Barosh, who is also extremely fast and has good dribbling skills, is the best candidate!

If Zhuang Mingge knew that Liverpool's management was thinking so, then he would definitely complain about these guys who always take it for granted - Baroshe's high goal efficiency in the Czech national team is because he has Nedved and Rosicky, a top midfielder behind him, to send him cannonballs, and there is Jan Kohler, a high-school striker with first-class planning ability, to make balls for him to attract firepower, do you Liverpool have such a strong capital?

That's a long way off, now let's get down to business. After the list of the top four of the European Championship was released in anticipation of thousands of fans, on June 30, the first match of the semi-finals of the European Championship started on time at the Alvalad Stadium in Lisbon!

Here are the two sides that will be playing in this match. The two teams that appeared at the Alvalad Stadium today are Portugal, the hosts of this European Championship, and defending champions Italy. These two teams will battle it out on this stadium for a ticket to the final of the European Championship!

It has to be said that as the host of this European Cup, the Portuguese Football Federation, which is bent on winning the Delaunay Cup on home soil, has taken their home advantage to the extreme. With the exception of the opening game of the group stage, which was played at the Estadio de la Bolus in Porto, Portugal have not left Lisbon at all in the next few games, that is, the venue of the match was exchanged between the Alvalad Stadium and the Stadium of Light. This arrangement by the Portuguese Football Federation allows the Portuguese national team to avoid the fatigue of travel to the greatest extent possible in the extremely busy European Cup, so that they can meet every game in the best condition!

On the other hand, Italy, Guimarães - Porto - Guimarães - Faro / Lore - Lisbon, this big circle has come down, not to mention whether the players' competitive state will be affected, there will definitely be certain problems in terms of physical fitness.

So, although the game hasn't started yet, Portugal have actually taken the lead and it will be up to Scolari to play to those advantages and turn them into goals.