PS1: This is Sunday's update.,It's a little late.,I hope you don't care too much about the update time.,I promise not to break the update......

PS2: Let's talk about the book friend group here, the group number is three, seven, zero, five, four, nine, nine, one, nine, nine, verifies that the answer is NTR knight, well, that's it.

PS3: I would like to thank the book friend "Dede Dede," for the tip.

PS4: Not long after Cruyff left, the elder Maldini also passed away, and I would like to express my deep condolences...... Forever miss that 6-0 day.

"Boys, I know you're all tired right now. After all, we have had a tough schedule over the years, especially the last game against the Netherlands, which took a lot of energy, while our opponents were able to take advantage of their home advantage to recharge their batteries in Lisbon for a full six days. In the away dressing room at the Alvalada Stadium, Trapattoni was making his final pre-match mobilization, "but despite this, I hope you can overcome these difficulties and get your ticket to the final of the European Championship." We must make those Portuguese realize that the difficulties of the schedule will not stop us from defending the Delaunay Cup! ”

As Trapattoni said, while Italy should have had a relatively easy win in the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over the Netherlands, it was not. Despite the ageing of the Orange midfield and the sale of Advocaat, Italy's attrition in this game was still very serious, and several players, including Vieri and Grosso, were diagnosed by the team doctor after the game that they needed to take a break before they could continue to play. Otherwise, it will be difficult for these players to perform at their best, even if they are forced to play.

All in all, the attrition situation in Italy was arguably quite serious ahead of the start of this game.

Now here is an introduction to Italy's starting line-up for this match. Gianluigi Buffon is undoubtedly the starting goalkeeper, and with him in front of goal, it will not be easy for Portugal's second-rate strikers to break down the Italian goal. In front of Buffon, Zambrotta, Nesta, Materazzi and Panucci lined up to form a steel defence that would be a headache for any team!

In midfield, Totti, who had been suspended for three games due to a spat incident, finally returned, with Andrea Pirlo continuing to play the role of commander at the rear, while Ambrosini and Perrotta played the role of bodyguards, clearing the way for Totti and Pirlo while providing the necessary rigidity for Italy's defence in midfield. Up front, it's a combination of Antonio Cassano and Diego Milito. Clearly, Trapattoni is determined to fight the Portuguese on the counter-attack in this game.

In fact, all the managers who have studied Portugal's first game against Greece did just that. It's just that Portugal's luck is really good, Russia did not have this strength among the few opponents it met later, and Spain destroyed the Great Wall because of Seth's mediocrity, England held on for 120 minutes but unfortunately fell on 12 yards, which allowed the host to pass all the way to the semi-finals.

Now, against Italy, who have a world-class defence, it will be extremely difficult for Portugal, who already have the stubborn problem of not being able to strike, to score goals. Otherwise, Trapattoni did not dare to give up and compete with the opponent for control of the midfield to defend with all his might, and completely handed over the front court to the attacking trident of Totti, Cassano and Milito.

You must know that the Italian national team in this life is based on the Fiorentina department, and it has similarities with Fiorentina in many tactical plays. Therefore, when Trapattoni sets up his tactics, he often has to take more care of the habits of the Fiorentina players. And it is such a change in detail that makes Italy's defensive counterattack more threatening!

Looking at Portugal, Scolari, who does not have to worry about the fitness of the players, is naturally the main force in this game. Goalkeeper Ricardo, the four defenders from left to right are Valente, Carvalho, Andrade and Miguel, Maniche and Costinha form a double midfield, Rui Costa, who was not beaten to death by Deco's back wave on the beach, continues to play the role of midfield commander, Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo are separated from the two wings of the midfield, and together with Costa, they feed shells for Pauletta, who is the main pillar in the forward line.

Incidentally, after losing to Greece in the opening game of the group stage, Scolari, who had planned to see Cristiano Ronaldo unpleasant, gave up Simão who had been reused in favor of the young player under the age of 20 under the pressure of reality. With the deepening of the European Cup, Ronaldo's performance is getting better and better, and at this stage, many people have regarded him as the new leader of Portuguese football after the golden generation has aged, not just a young player with considerable potential.

After the start of the game, both teams behaved more cautiously, focusing on temptation in the attack, and did not dare to invest too many troops, for fear that if they were not careful, their own door would be directly penetrated by the opponent, so that they would fall into a passive situation in the following time.

As the game progressed, the physical disadvantage of the Italian side began to become apparent. As a result, the players are no longer as active in running and defending on the field as they were at the beginning of the game, giving people a feeling of not being able to exert their strength.

However, despite this, Portugal, which gradually grasped the initiative in midfield, still failed to turn the advantage on the field into a score lead. Italy's goal remained stable under the siege of the hosts, and the vast majority of Portugal's attacks were either destroyed in advance by Nesta or directly blocked by Buffon, who did not pose much threat to the goal at all.

Pauletta is indeed a good striker, otherwise he would not have been able to mix well in Ligue 1. It's just that in Portugal, which lacks excellent strikers, he is good at playing as a second striker and is forced to play a single arrow on the front line, which greatly reduces his scoring efficiency. That's why every time there is an international tournament, Pauletta's scoring ability becomes miserable, because Portugal doesn't have a teammate who can cover him!

What was so frustrating for all Portuguese fans was on the lawn of the Alvalad Stadium: the super midfielder of Figo, Rui Costa and Cristiano Ronaldo was constantly feeding Pauletta with a lot of shells, but the latter was never able to turn these wonderful passes into goals, and had to go home empty-handed amid the sighs of the fans.

In this way, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Portugal, which had the upper hand, could not break through the Italian goal and ended the first half with a score of 0-0.