John. Mortensen laughed during the commentary: "Did Quiroz think Don was going to fight him?" He doesn't claim to know Tony best. Donne? Why can't you even remember Done's biggest feature? Defend and counterattack, defend and counterattack! Ha ha! ”

If Queiloz could hear Mortenson's ridicule, his face would have been even more ugly.

It's not that he didn't want to guard against England's counter-attacks, and he couldn't have kept the players' clocks in his own hands at first. After more than 20 minutes of siege, it is normal for the players on the field to relax a little. Who would have thought that England would really seize such an opportunity and kill it with one blow?

Falling behind is not good for Portugal, and now there is no other way for Queiroz to keep the team on the attack. It is impossible to retreat, and there is no word for "retreat" in Portuguese football.

England, who had taken the lead, did not take advantage of the situation to cover up and try to extend the score, and they retreated in the face of Portugal's attack. In the face of England's dense defence, Portugal's stars felt powerless. This defensive lineup has trapped Messi's Argentina, and Don is not afraid of Portugal.

"These shrunken turtles!"

Marsh. Castro scolded from behind. Now he doesn't dare to rush up, even if his feet itch, he has to stay behind honestly and protect the backcourt with Pepe.

The goal he conceded just now was because he rushed forward, lost his position, and couldn't defend himself. He must be held accountable, and he will be fully responsible. It was hard to gain a foothold in the main central defender position of the national team, and he didn't want to lose the main team because of this mistake.

Pepe heard his partner's complaints, and he shrugged beside him. He's no stranger to this scene, and it gives him a sense of security when he's on that side, but now...... To be honest, he also hates dense defense.

It's just a dense defense. What's even more annoying is that they still fight back, which is really unpleasant. Chief......

Pepe is actually a centre-back who likes to assist forwards, and he has also made a masterpiece in the Portuguese national team for long distances with the ball and then scoring the ball himself into the goal. However, in the face of England...... No, to be exact, facing Tony. When Tang En, he had to put down the offense in his heart, defend seriously, and be cautious.

The game was deadlocked. The Portuguese were at a loss in the face of a dense defence, while England's few counter-attacks were met by Pepe and Ze. Castro's defence was quickly to no avail.

Queiroz believes that since England are defending on the counter-attack, then a 1-0 score must be what they are after, and they can't make any big moves after that. England should be defensive-minded all the time for the rest of the game, and the painless counter-attacks were no threat to his own team, and he considered putting the two full-backs back in the back – and after conceding the goal, he roared from the sidelines to get the two full-backs to converge. Defensively.

Now it seems that without the support of full-backs, Portugal's attack lacks depth and it is impossible to open up the England defence.

When two Portuguese full-backs rushed forward, the pressure on England's defence increased dramatically.

Donn saw it clearly off the field. Portugal have the upper hand during this period, and they have already had two consecutive balls hitting the post, and it is difficult to say whether England can hold on to it.

He whistled to the players on the sidelines and then made a ground gesture for them to fight back.

At the thirty-sixth minute. England looked for another chance to counter-attack, Gerrard played a long ball from the back, and Downing ran down the flank to chase the ball. This time Pepe was also prepared in advance, he let Castro protect him in the back, and he rushed forward.

Gerrard's long pass was a bit big, and the football went straight to the corner flag, and most people must choose to give up in the face of such a pass, at most give a thumbs up to the passer. It was great to signal him against his will. But Downing didn't, and he sprinted at full speed towards where the ball landed.

This also made Pepe dare not slack off in the slightest, in case Downing received the ball, it would be directly facing the goal......

The two soon met, and Pepe unceremoniously pushed Downing out.

Downing was closer to the ball than Pepe, but with Pepe's close pressing, he was not sure that he could control the ball, and even if he controlled this position, it would not be conducive to the next move - the two of them were almost at the corner flag.

In a hurry. Tang Ning jumped to his feet. Sweep the soccer ball that is still in the air towards Pepe. The distance was too close for Pepe to dodge. Blocked the ball off the touchline. Downing took a throw-in for England and didn't let the counter-attack go to waste.

Even when the throw-in was served, England did not press it out of the nest. Joe. Mattok stepped forward to take the throw-in, and the other three defenders stayed in the second half. Johnson is also helping them defend from behind – no matter what, there will be enough numbers at the back to not be afraid of Portugal's counter-attack.

With the exception of those four, everyone else rushed to the front to join the attack, with Wayne Rooney and Mitchel in the box, and Gerrard lying in ambush at the top of the arc, ready to shoot coldly. Walcott also leaned into the middle, intending to grab a point or organize a second attack.

Downing stepped forward to meet Mattok's throw-in.

Pepe's height of 1.86m is already the highest altitude in the Portuguese backline, and it is only natural that he will defend Mitchel, the highest altitude in England.

Mitchel broke free of Pepe's hand: "Pull me again, be careful if I fall to you, Pepe!" ”

Pepe smiled and was not angry, and put his hand up again: "Be careful of fake falls and get a yellow card." ”

Pepe knows that he doesn't have an advantage in height, and if he doesn't move honestly, he doesn't deserve to be a centre-back. No matter what means are used, Mitchel must not be allowed to steal the ball. He is all too familiar with his former teammate, who is two meters and one meters tall and does not bounce like those long-term people, his bounce and header are excellent.

Veloso also returned to the front of goal, standing on the other side of Mitchel, and Pepe had a tacit understanding of Mitchel in the middle. The two of them play for AC Milan together, and this tacit understanding is still landed.

Mattok looked at the situation on the field. The only one who can receive his pass is Downing, but Downing is pressed very tightly by the opponent, and even if he receives the ball, he may not be able to turn around. So the ball still has to be passed back to me, so what do I do next? Take it out or pass it out? Where is the passing word going?

He has to think about it in advance, so as not to be at a loss after throwing the football. He looked up at the penalty area, Mitchel was very eye-catching, his height was simply too outstanding......

With a plan in mind, Mattok tossed the ball to Downing and made a gesture to pass it back to him.

Don't use him to make gestures. Downing knew how to do it. Antunes had been running at him from behind, and he wasn't sure he could have controlled the ball in such a situation. So he didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and directly knocked the ball back in the air to Mattok.

Mattok stopped the ball while Downing was still helping him block Antunes. He didn't hesitate, took a step back to open up the distance, and then crossed directly!

What a simple tactic.

But when used on top of Mitchel's head, it works.

Seeing the football flying from the air to the goal, Pepe grabbed Mitchel's clothes with all his might. Mitchel, on the other hand, struggled to break free from Pepe and Veloso.

Goalkeeper Patricio was not watching the play either, he planned to jump up and confiscate the ball at the right time.

It all happened in the light of lightning, and when Pepe and Mitchel jumped up at the same time, the football was already flying over the goal.

Patricio jumped a little late. He was preceded by Mitchel and Pepe, and now he can only pray that Pepe can stop Mitchel or that Mitchel will fly the ball over the ball under Pepe's interference.

He was disappointed.

Mitchel completely overtook Pepe, who is now the number one height. Football is right in front of his eyes and there is no better opportunity than this! No one can stop him! Not even Pepe!

"Aaron. Mitchel shakes his head and shoots! The ball is in!! Clean goal, beautiful! "John. Mortensen cheered again.

England fans in the stands cheered England on with the song "God Save My King".

"In the thirty-seventh minute, England led Portugal 2-0! It was an unexpected game! On the pitch, Portugal dominated the game, with 67 per cent possession. But in terms of score, it was England who led by two goals! ”

After the goal, Demittchel ran to the corner flag with open arms, and Joe. Mattok and the rest of his teammates hug.

The Portuguese players, on the other hand, were struck by lightning and stood on the spot. They still can't believe it. They were in the ascendancy and were two goals behind England before the end of the first half......

What's going on?

From the perspective of the field, from the point of view of technical statistics, it should be us Portugal who is leading......

Did something go wrong?

What went wrong?

One of the players has their eyes on their head coach Queiroz.

Queiroz didn't want to concede the first goal at this time, and kicked the mineral water bottle very ungracefully. He stayed on the sidelines, just like his players. He was also wondering what had gone wrong......

Pepe probably knew what was wrong—he wasn't young anymore. If you were the same as you were two years ago, you should be able to rely on super physical fitness to make up for the height gap between yourself and Mitchel and interfere with the opponent's header. But this time, he looked up and watched the opponent smash the ball into the goal. Nothing can be done.

He clenched his fists. Would love to give something a punch. But there was nothing else around him but the goalpost.

The Portuguese looked like he had lost his soul, and Don laughed in the middle of his dugout: "Haha! They thought that defending and counterattacking equaled 1:0ism? What childishness! Who says you can't score a lot of goals on the counter-attack? I'm going to prove it to you today! ”

People are always used to working backwards from the score. Anyone who sees 1:0 thinks that the game must be dull, full of ugly defense and negative attitude. When you see scores like 4:3 and 6:0, you will think that it must be a hearty battle against each other, and the passion is addictive.

But that's the brutal reality – you can play high on the counter-attack, at least for now...... And the side that has the advantage is definitely not the same as the side that leads the score.

“3：0！ 4：0！ Don't let me go if I can score! I'm going to let the Portuguese's European Championship journey end from this match! Aha! ”

Don clenched his fists and spun in circles, and he couldn't hide his excitement at seeing his team take a two-goal lead over Portugal so easily.

England's easy two-goal lead over Portugal surprised the German coach, who was watching from the stands. He felt that with the strength of the two teams, it was natural for him to fight to the death and lose both. Unexpectedly, Donn's team declared victory almost bloodlessly, which was really too unexpected for him, and I believe it also beyond the expectations of the German coaching staff. Looks like they're going to re-evaluate Tony. Done's ability to ......

It can't just be the Germans, there are also French, Italians, Dutch, Spaniards in the stands in this game...... They all wanted to see what kind of sparks would collide between England and Portugal. But I didn't expect to be Tony. Donn's defensive counter-attack hit hard.

Everyone is thinking about the question - if it were our own team, would there be a way to crack England's stubborn counter-attack?

Breaking through dense defenses, but also beware of quick counter-attacks, is a worldwide problem.

The Italians were a little less worried, because they were used to this trick, and if they were unfortunate enough to run into England, they would be sure to turn England into Portugal.

The Englishman walked into the dressing room with a two-goal lead, while the Portuguese walked a little out of spirit. Anyone who saw them felt that the game was over early, and there was nothing to look forward to in the second half.

An Italian "intelligence officer" stood up and stretched, putting away the DV in his hand. He decided to leave early, and if he was late, he would have fewer transportation options. Coming here was a routine anyway, and he didn't think England or Portugal were likely to meet them early with Italy – by the time they did, it was already in the final.

Is it possible for England or Portugal to reach the final? No George. Wood's England should first consider the top priority of qualifying from the group. And Portugal ...... Lost George. Wood's England have beaten this virtuous team, is it necessary to worry that they will threaten Italy?

With an inexplicable two-goal deficit in the first half, Queiroz as manager should have been furious, but that was not his style. His style is to think calmly about what the problem is and how we can deal with it.

He felt like he knew what was wrong.

'I think we were too optimistic in the first half and thought too simplistic about the opponent. The unbridled pressing created a back-up defense, and the first ball was the key. It disrupted our entire plan. Quiroz, who had calmed down, analysed the frustrated players. He was the first to admit his problems, although he also pulled the whole team as a foil......

"But I'm not going to be conservative in the second half, never!" He raised his voice a little. Because he thought of Donne's cheerful appearance after the goal, it was like a sharp blade that pierced his heart. That's right, he didn't like that man at all, and anything that made that man happy would make him unhappy.

"Do you think it's over? Far from it! The Englishman presumably thought the game was over early and they must have started the celebration in the dressing room. This is our chance......" he leaned forward, looked at his players and said word by word, "We underestimated in the first half, and it was their turn in the second half. ”