After a 15-minute half-time break, the two teams returned to the pitch.

After the start of the second half, Portugal continued to take the initiative against the Swedish team.

It was mostly a change from the goal at the end of the first half.

Santos certainly didn't want Sweden to take advantage of the morale boost after the equaliser to launch a counter-attack on Portugal and further demoralize the Portuguese players.

That conceded goal was really terrible!

Everybody knows what it's like to score a goal at a point like this.

Santos managed to make everyone forget about the goal for a while in the dressing room.

Of course, in this process, Cristiano Ronaldo, who went down injured, also played a big role, he gave an impassioned speech to get everyone back on their feet and put them into the second half of the game!

At the beginning of the second half, Ronaldo also changed into a coat and became the assistant coach of the Portuguese team, standing on the sidelines and commanding.

His opinion with Santos is also to strengthen the attack!

He wants to win!

Cristiano Ronaldo wanted his team to score Sweden again as early as possible and establish the advantage again.

As Pan Yi's old opponent, Ronaldo has honestly seen Pan Yi's various tricks too many times, especially when the game time is nearing the end.

If you don't take the lead, the more time goes on, the less likely Portugal will win!

However, the Swedish team still stood up in a defensive formation after the opening and met the onslaught of Portugal.

As a result, the situation on the pitch looked a bit like a repeat of the opening stages of the first half, where Portugal were attacking, Sweden were defending, and there was no decent counter-attack.

'It's a bit one-sided again, with Sweden looking like they're struggling to hold on, but their players are still firmly in front of goal and don't give Portugal a chance to face the goal easily. This allowed Portugal to have a shot on goal, but struggled to score. ”

"It can be seen that the Swedish team's defensive strategy is also very targeted. For example, when defending Nani, Sweden's two centre-backs often use their bodies to counter him, making Nani's slightly thin body sometimes unable to control the ball and prone to shooting on goal. ”

"When defending Quaresma, the Swedish defenders are very careful to prevent his signature outside instep from playing, often forcing Quaresma to use his backfoot to handle the ball, which reduces his precision and makes it difficult to pose a threat."

"Compared to the first half, Sweden's defensive system seems to be more reasonable, and the players are more cooperative, and it seems that Portugal will be difficult to find a way to score for a while......

The commentators could see the situation on the field, and Santos and his assistant, who were standing on the sidelines, were certainly aware of it.

If they continue to attack like this, Sweden's defense will only get stronger and stronger, Portugal's morale will be lower and lower, and in the end, if Sweden takes another chance, it is likely that Portugal will be ruined.

"We can't go on like this!" Assistant coach Valle said next to Santos, "Otherwise, it's going to be dangerous!" ”

In world football, there are countless cases that show that there is no point in bombing with your eyes closed, but there are many hidden dangers.

In the World Cup, there was a classic match, which was Argentina vs. Brazil in the quarterfinals in 90.

At that time, Brazil won all three games in the group stage and easily qualified, while Argentina was the third in the group and advanced thrillingly.

It didn't look like the two sides were at the same level, with Argentina looking powerless and their defence fluttering several times under the bombardment of the Samba Army.

When the building was about to collapse, goalkeeper Goyechea and defender Ruggieri and others persevered, hoping that something unusual would happen and change the situation of passive beating.

It wasn't until the 81st minute that they waited for that unusual. Of course, this is brought by Maradona.

61,380 spectators gathered at the Stadio Alp in Turin to witness this magical moment.

At that time, Maradona dribbled the ball in the midfield, first shook Alemão in the center circle, then evaded Dunga's tackle with the ball, and used feints to break through Rocha who came from the defense, and when a number of Brazilian players formed a trap, Maradona fell to the ground and passed the ball to the unguarded Caniggia who was inserted to the left, and the son of the wind received the ball and pushed the goal against Taffarel.

The pass was a perfect example of Maradona's feel, balance and big-picture vision, and it was perhaps the most incredible assist in World Cup history.

In the end, Argentina eliminated Brazil 1:0 with Caniggia's goal and entered the quarterfinals.

And the final shot ratio was Brazil 22:2 Argentina, Brazil 2 times the lintel, 1 time at the post, but still lost......

This kind of scene is one-sided, bombing indiscriminately but failing to score, and finally being attacked by the opponent with a counterattack, often the dominant side is too fierce, blindly greedy for attack, and the opponent is pressed too tightly, causing the opponent to play a defensive state.

On the one hand, the better the defense, the other side will become more and more anxious, just thinking about eating the opponent in one bite, it is easy to make mistakes in their own defense.

If there is a star player on the opposite side, such omissions are easier to catch by opponents.

90 Argentina has Maradona, and now Sweden also has Ibrahimovic! So it should never be taken lightly.

Although the goal of the Swedish team in the first half was not scored by Ibrahimovic, his assist seems to have the shadow of Maradona's assist of the century! - Although the ornamentation is not so strong, at least it is also a weightlift, the style of a general!

Portugal are clearly now thinking about how to deal with such a situation.

Hearing Valle's words, Santos also nodded.

Of course he understands.

Once this happens, usually experienced teams will choose to relax their attack, retreat, and let the opponent press out.

There is a saying that is very true, if you want to hit the opponent strongly, you must first retract your fist, and then hit it hard, then it will be more powerful, otherwise, you will not be able to hurt the opponent at all.

But he also understands that Pan Yi's team is like a spring, and if you let go, he will bounce back.

Sweden's defence is definitely not a real swing, but a dynamic balance through the active movement of the players.

If Portugal loosen their grip on the ball, Sweden will immediately show their fangs and bite the Portuguese hard.

Just like the counterattack in the first half, Sweden obviously took advantage of the holes of the Portuguese team, and if they were allowed to play like this again, maybe the Portuguese team's backline would be broken.

In fact, as far as Portugal's current back line is concerned, although the ability is stronger than that of Swedish players, except for Pepe, others alone cannot be said to be the world's top.

And these four people have gradually combined in this cup and become the current starters, and there are also some problems in the tacit understanding of cooperation.

Wasn't Sweden's goal in the first half a leak in defense?

Santos's choice to focus on attack is also to some extent to cover up the fragility of this backline.

"You can pull the formation back a little bit, but you have to be more effective on the spot, don't let our opponent control the ball easily!"

Santos said, then glanced at Ronaldo.

At this juncture, it is clearly the most appropriate to have the spiritual leader of the Portuguese team to convey the latest tactical instructions, and Ronaldo is clearly happy to do so.

Ronaldo nodded at Santos, and then immediately shouted at the field: "You guys! Don't rush to press it, let them come over! If you lose the ball, you can counter-steal immediately, and don't let them dribble the ball for more than a second! ”

As Real Madrid's top scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo clearly understands what a team needs most on the counter-attack.

Since Portugal are now the main attackers, the defensive line is pressed very high, and there are a lot of troops involved in the attack, so Sweden's frontcourt players are also actively involved in the defense, so as not to form a numerical disadvantage.

And once they move from defense to offense, these frontcourt players need time to move forward.

At this point, if Sweden succeeds in breaking the ball in the middle of the back, someone needs to move forward with the ball first, and this person will often be Wayne Bloom or Larsson, in order to create time for the front trident.

At this time, if the Portuguese team makes a quick and high-intensity counterattack against Sweden's back, there is a high probability of grabbing the ball and strangling Sweden's counterattack in the cradle.

After all, it is not easy to control the ball itself in a state of high pressure that the opponent is in a dense on-the-spot counter-attack;

If you also want to observe the movement of the counter-attacking players in the front court, and then pass the ball smoothly, there are too few such players.

It can be said that the players who can do this are absolutely masters, maybe De Bruyne and Modric can do it.

But there are very few players in Sweden's midfield who can actually hold the ball.

In terms of body, Wayne Bloom is very good, but his skills are not fine enough, and he is easy to lose when he is pressed tightly.

Larsson is very good at running and pushing fast, but he also has this problem, and his foot work is relatively average.

Forsberg's skills with the ball are not to be said, and he has enough passing vision, but the problem is that his physical confrontation is too weak, and once he is closely marked and impacted, it will quickly lead to conceding the ball.

So, Santos's strategy still makes a lot of sense.

As a result, Sweden's ball speed was immediately affected, which made the Swedish team's counterattack look very unsmooth.

And that's not all.

Since Sweden often take the ball forward in the back midfield, and being tackled here will undoubtedly be a test for the Swedish defence.

Although Sweden were able to quickly retreat to form a back five and prevent Portugal from penetrating further into the box, Nani and Quaresma up front had plenty of chances on goal.

As the game situation improved, Santos's face also became a little better.

However, he still secretly praised Pan Yi.

The resilience and resilience of this Swedish team is too good!

Considering their staffing is really average – otherwise they wouldn't have been forced by Portugal to hold the ball – it's even more difficult.

It can be said that this Swedish team was able to enter the final and play to this extent, and Pan Yi is definitely the biggest contributor.

And when Santos was thoughtful and looked at Pan Yi involuntarily, he found that Pan Yi was as calm as ever and did not panic at all.

"Stabilize the defense first, I don't believe that the Portuguese can always maintain this kind of high-intensity pressing!" That's what Pan Yi just said to Arteta.

On the pitch, tactical considerations can be said to be all-encompassing, and you can't just think about it from one angle.

You use high-intensity pressing to make Sweden miss, but at the same time you have to pay a price, and that is fitness.

If everyone is an iron man, then every team must start running like crazy from the first second of the game, because this can effectively create a situation where there are more and more and less local plays.

As a result, the average distance traveled by the players will definitely increase to 15 kilometers or 20 kilometers......

But this is obviously unrealistic, it is as impossible as it is for a person to run a thousand meters at a sprint speed of 100 meters.

Therefore, each oppression tactic also has its time limit.

And Pan Yi believes that his disciple can carry this period of time, he has this confidence!

Then, you can enter the "Pan Yi Time".

He then uses his last trick by substitution!

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Sure enough, after entering the 70th minute, Pan Yi took the lead in making the first substitution adjustment of the game.

He replaced Guideti with Dulmaz!

The latter performed very well in today's game, but it was also because of his aggressive pressing and defending that there were already some physical problems.

Durmaz had excellent pace and counter-attacking ability, adapting to sprint back and forth and suppress Portugal's flanks.

But this is still a relatively unexpected substitution.

After all, the Turkish-Syrian winger has not made many appearances at this European Championship and only started in the third group game against Belgium.

But anyone who knows the Olympiacos player knows that this should be the same as Durmaz's running ability.

He has been in midfield at times in club games, and although his defensive ability is average, it is through his relentless running ability that he has won the attention of his coach.

He can also play as a winger, which will allow him to reduce his weaknesses and play to his strengths, allowing him to strengthen the defense on the wings.

However, Durmaz is more accustomed to playing as a left winger, so Pan Yi moved Isak to the right, so that Isak's speed and body can also cope with the impact of Guerreiro on the Portuguese left.

But on the Portuguese side, Santos also responded quickly.

He replaced Guerrero with Cancelo!

This is mainly Guerrero as Portugal's main attacker, and he is indeed a little tired after 70 minutes of fighting.

Another very important reason is that the Swedish team has really done a good job of defending his side, and Guerrero's heart looks like it is going to be smoothed out.

In this case, it is better to change to fresh blood Cancelo to rush.

Although Cancelo is a true typical offensive and defensive weakness, he is fast, has excellent technique at his feet, is very capable of passing, has a lot of energy, is a real defender with a knife, and can play left and right.

When Portugal has been unable to attack for a long time, it should be a good option to let Cancelo play to his own characteristics to attack Sweden's backline.

"After 70 minutes, Sweden and Portugal each made a substitution, which can also be seen as another confrontation between the two coaches Pan Yi and Santos at the tactical level."

'In the second half, both coaches were very constrained by each other's tactics, and in the current situation, it is difficult for either to break the deadlock easily. So they all want to change the situation by changing people now. ”

"It's just that Portugal are still struggling to break down Sweden's defence at the moment, and it feels like they lack a fulcrum up front, just like Ibrahimovic did in Sweden."

"When Cristiano Ronaldo is still on the field, his excellent header ability can help the team gain air dominance, which is actually very important for Portugal."

"Once there is a chance to ferry the header in the front, it can also form a bridgehead in the opponent's penalty area. Once this bridgehead can withstand the opponent's defense in front, the teammates behind can immediately open up quickly along the sides of such a fulcrum, forming a rear insertion offensive echelon. ”

"And obviously, Nani and Quaresma in the Portuguese forward line can't do that, and I'm sure Santos knows that very well."

"So in the face of Sweden's impregnable attack, they seem powerless, and now they even have to fear the opponent's counterattack, which must have made Santos feel helpless."

"And will Sweden take advantage of Portugal's long-lost offensive and start a counter-attack? Now that the game is approaching 80 minutes, are we going to have another extra-time or even a penalty shoot-out......

While the on-site commentator was talking, the fans and everyone in the stands suddenly saw that on the bench of the Swedish team, Shelström left the bench to warm up on the sidelines.

This immediately caused an uproar among all the Swedish fans in the stands.

"Sweden is going to make a change!" The on-site commentator also shouted in surprise, "We saw that Shelström was warming up on the sidelines, is Pan Yi going to replace him on the field?" ”

This is not only the confusion of the on-site commentator, but also the confusion of everyone.

That is, is it feasible to give Shelström the task of breaking the deadlock on the field?

The 34-year-old former Arsenal player is already past the prime of his career, otherwise he wouldn't be playing in the Swiss league now.

At the beginning of this European Cup, although he was used by Pan Yi as the main force, he was replaced after only half a game, and then he was officially reduced to a substitute.

This also shows that his current physical condition can no longer meet Pan Yi's tactical needs that require high-intensity running and defense.

And now, when the European Cup has reached the final and has been played for 80 minutes, Pan Yi wants to replace him on the field, what kind of trouble is this?

If you take into account Dulmaz, who was substituted just 10 minutes ago......

It's even more puzzling.

Whether it is Durmaz or Shelström, they are players who have played less time before, but Pan Yi wants to replace them all at such a critical moment in the game?

Even the most loyal Swedish fans can't help but be confused at this point.

At this time, Pan Yi knew it.

He actually wanted to drag the game to extra time more than Santos, and wanted to end the fight in 90 minutes.

After all, this Swedish team is not Chelsea, they have not been trained for long periods of time, and they do not have the physical reserves that Chelsea have.

With all the time on the defensive, the Swedes may have been able to deplete their fitness even a little faster than the Portuguese.

If it does go to overtime, uncontrollable factors will increase, and in the end, it is really up to God, Buddha, or a wizard to decide......

And for coping with the last ten minutes of the game, even the veteran Shelström is enough to have oil.

Pan Yi likes him mainly because of his ability to run off the ball, coupled with excellent technique, delicacy, passing and control can meet the needs, and a good level of kicking, which ensures the success rate of organizing the attack.

Shelström's career highlights were spent in Lyon, and in that back-to-back Ligue 1 title-winning Lyon team, he was a real core midfielder!

And he is like a strong loach all over the field, he doesn't suffer a loss when he hits people, he can still run when he is hit, and he won't let the team's defensive ability drop too much in a short period of time.

He also had a powerful shot on goal, and on the eve of the 2006 World Cup, a powerful shot from the training ground even injured his team-mate Isaksson, the Swedish national team's main goalkeeper, and the latter missed a World Cup game.

Letting him go up and form a "double bombardment" with Forsberg can also provide a good offensive idea in the current more passive situation.

Take 10,000 steps back and say that even if it does play a penalty shootout, Shelström is also a very good penalty taker......

"When you go up, keep the ball, and then keep an eye on the running positions of Isaac and Durmaz on both sides, and look for ......them whenever you have the chance," Pan Yi said to Shelström, giving his final instructions.

Shelström's body is not as good as it was back then, but at least his skills are still fine in today's Swedish team.

And he has the qualities that other midfielders don't have, which is his ability to run off the ball more and more shrewdly as he gains experience, and his ability to pass the ball accurately.

Or to put it another way, Shelström has always been a very well-rounded midfielder who excels in both his awareness and movement off the ball.

Otherwise, how could he be favored by Arsenal, who are the most technically focused? Although there was no kick out.

During a throw-in, the referee blew the whistle for a change on the sidelines.

No. 9 Shelström came on the field and replaced the main midfielder, No. 16 Wayne Bloom! (End of chapter)