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"Oh! What a pity! This is the first time that Paulo Futre, who was the guest commentator of this game, has made such a cry of regret, and the Portuguese legend is speechless about Pauletta's squandering of scoring opportunities so often on the field, "Ronaldo's breakthrough on the left has attracted most of the Italians' defensive strength, Costa's transition and Figo's pass are also very in place, Pauleta only needs to insert a light touch in time to give Portugal the lead, but unfortunately, his follow-up is still a step slow, The ball was confiscated by Gianluigi Buffon, who was in front of goal. ”

'If Portugal don't have a more capable striker, it will be very difficult for them to win this game. At this time, another commentator sitting in the live broadcast room, former Italian coach Maldini Sr., spoke, "From the performance of Portugal in the previous period, we can see that Coach Scolari obviously intends to let Pauletta on the front line act as a front to fight for more opportunities for midfielders such as Ronaldo and Figo behind him to insert more opportunities to attack the goal, that is, let these midfielders with a long-range shot to complete the final blow." It has to be said that in the absence of a first-class striker in Portugal, this is indeed a solution to their own lack of scoring ability...... But what he didn't expect was that the Italian lads were not fooled by this trick. They did not leave the opponent with a chance to shoot from a distance in order to defend Pauletta, but resolutely blocked the area of 30 meters in front of the goal, especially in the front of the penalty area. This style of defence made it difficult for the Portuguese players to get long-range shots through movement and passing, forcing them to pass the ball more to Pauletta in front, whose ability and technical characteristics made it difficult for him to get shots under the defence of Nesta, Materazzi and Buffon. ”

As the coach who led the Italian national team to win the World Cup and the European Championship in a row, the elder Maldini saw through Scolari's tactical arrangement at a glance and discovered the hidden tricks.

"......" In response to the old Maldini's words, Futrey did not respond at the first time. Because he knows very well in his heart that Maldini's evaluation is quite accurate, and Pauleta's performance in this game is really too weak. So, although he was also Portuguese, he was a little dissatisfied with the elder Maldini's contempt for Pauletta, but he did not refute his remarks.

"Would you rather let Pauletta get a direct shot in the box than relax the blockade of the midfield?" At the same time, looking at the situation of the players on both sides on the field, Scolari, who was commanding from the sidelines, thought to himself. As Maldini Sr. had deduced, Scolari was intent on allowing Pauletta to draw the attention of the Italian players in front of him and create chances for Figo behind them.

However, to Scolari's surprise, the Italian player, who has a lot of defensive experience, did not fall for him at all. Or rather, Pauletta's abilities have not reached a level where they take it so seriously.

You know, Materazzi and Nesta are playing against Vieri, Shevchenko, Trezeguet, Crespo, and other top strikers with different styles every day in Serie A, what kind of scene have you not seen? A mere Pauletta is not worth treating like this.

If even a striker of Pauletta's level needs them to defend closely throughout the whole process, it would be too cheap. What's more, all the Italian players think that Figo and Costa behind him are more dangerous than Pauletta.

Scolari is also quite helpless about this situation. After all, coaching a national team is different from a club, and if there is a lack of strength in the club, it can be solved by bringing in reinforcements, and if you want to deal with this problem in the national team, there is no other way than to expect a new talent to emerge or someone to burst out......

And now Portugal obviously does not have the ability to solve the problem that has plagued them for countless years. You know, since Eusebio's retirement, Portugal has never produced a top striker.

If this were not the case, Scolari, who had tasted the sweetness of the 3R combination, would not have developed this tactic to strengthen the attacking power of the midfield, let alone make a move to abandon the attack.

The most important thing is that Italy is not the Netherlands that played against Portugal in the previous life. Compared to the Orange Army, which relied more on the individual ability of the players in defense, the Apennines were obviously more systematic and tighter in defence. This allows them to better defend Portugal's midfield attack and avoid opportunities for opponents to run and pass away from the ball.

Noticing Portugal's difficulty in opening up the situation in attack, Trapattoni did not directly order the team to strengthen the counter-attack, but replaced Totti with Camoranesi. In this way, Cassano will move to the left, echoing Camoranesi's left and right.

The opening game of the European Championship group stage seems to have had a serious impact on the Roman prince's competitive form. Although Totti's passing and organisation were still impressive, it was still a far cry from the astonishing form he has shown at Roma this season. In particular, his desire to score dropped so much in this game that it was almost impossible to see Totti taking the initiative to attack with the ball, and most of the time he passed to Milito and Cassano in front of him, who completed the attack.

Therefore, in this situation, Camoranesi, who has more attacking ability and a more defensive attitude, is clearly better suited to appear on the pitch than Totti. After all, for Italy now, the organization on the field is left to Pirlo alone, and what they lack is precisely a player like Camoranesi who can pull the opponent's defense in the counterattack and create space for his teammates to complete the attack.

Trapattoni's substitution soon paid off: in the 79th minute, Figo's pass to Pauletta was cut off by Materazzi, and Pirlo received the ball and immediately cut straight to Milito in front of him, who half-turned and distributed the ball to Camoranesi, who cut in from the right under Andrade's marking!

The Juventus winger burst into the box with the ball after a successful offside position, caught the attention of the Portuguese player and forced Ricardo to attack before suddenly knocking the ball across the middle, and Milito met the ball and fired into the empty net!

1 to 0! Italy lead hosts Portugal by one goal in this semi-final!