Now Portugal and Italy are a bit of a master. The rhythm is pulled very slowly, and when the other party's gap is found, it is a thunderous blow, and the pursuit of a fatal blow is pursued. So from the point of view of the situation, it is very dull. This also corresponds to the sentence, there is no good game in the competition.

Because after that break, Lao Lei wanted to be more stable, not to move forward for the time being, and to find the weak point of Italy's defense. However, this Italian defense line is experienced and tacitly coordinated, and it is so easy to find loopholes. In the 25th minute, Lao Lei still couldn't find any obvious holes, so he decided to try to penetrate with a short pass inside to see if he could force Italy to make a mistake himself. Previously, Rui Costa and other frontcourt players organized several offensives, but they did not achieve good results.

Old Ray made a gesture to Bento to move forward, signaling him to pay attention to protect his back. Then he moved his position forward to the front, close to Rui Costa, which is equivalent to adding a point of contact and instigation in the midfield. With the addition of a point of response for Lao Lei to run, Portugal's forward attack exuded vitality. The number of short passes in front of the court has increased, and the success rate has also increased. Like flowing water, looking for a gap in front of a concrete wall, it can flow in at the slightest gap.

On 27 minutes, the premise of Lao Lei had a noticeable effect, and Portugal once again played a beautiful and dangerous attack. Between Lao Lei, Rui Costa and Figo, they played a continuous pass attack, and in the face of such a smooth pass, Italy's chain defense was finally broken this time.

The ball hit a dangerous position on the edge of the Italian penalty area, and Figo played a cross ball to Lao Lei. Old Ray had already made a gesture of kicking and shooting, and there was a gap in front of him. At this time, suddenly a foot shoveled over. Shoveled on the ball, and brought down Lao Lei by the way, did not foul, and cleanly destroyed Portugal's very threatening offensive.

Lao Lei looked up and saw that standing beside him was a blue figure, the number was also 13, and the name was Nesta. Conceição was in control of the football's worst game, but in the face of the pressing of Italy's Coco and Maldini, he could not organize a second wave of attacks again, and it was worth reluctantly passing back to his teammates, and the scene returned to calm again. After Nesta completed the tackle, he didn't look at Lao Lei and immediately returned to his position. Lao Lei was a little puzzled, he obviously didn't see anyone at that time, and he didn't know how Nesta appeared. But in any case, old Lei Zhilu said that this is a difficult opponent to produce.

And this is one of the best aspects of Italian defensive football, not only with a tight and excellent overall defense, but also with excellent one-on-one defense. Italy is a place that produces excellent defenders. And the reason why Lao Lei didn't see it in the defense just now was because Nesta came from behind his flank. He was drawn to the flanks by Figo and Rui Costa, but as soon as Figo passed, he started almost at the same time as the ball. The judgment of the landing point of the football is very accurate, and by the time Lao Lei stopped the ball and adjusted his posture, Nesta's sliding tackle had already arrived.

Portugal once again controlled the ball, slowly tipping their feet on the perimeter and slowly looking for opportunities. With both teams having only three shots on goal so far in this game, you can imagine how tough it will be for those neutral fans.

Statistically, although Portugal has the upper hand with 56% possession, there is no advantage in the situation, and the two sides are evenly divided. Portugal's share of possession was more due to the inability to penetrate and the need to return passes and passes between defenders. Portugal's short pass combination was relatively limited by Italy, and only a few times could it play a delicate short pass combination, and more often had to be forced to solve the problem with a long pass with big feet.

In the 34th minute, Rui Costa tried to hit Italy on the left with a long pass, taking advantage of Cannavaro's height shortcomings and hitting him behind with a high ball that allowed Figo to blast them with his speed. However, since Cannavaro can play defender with such height, he naturally has his unique skills. Cannavaro was nimble enough to get into Figo's position as soon as he turned, stuck Figo behind him, and grabbed the ball first.

Immediately a long pass to Panucci in the middle, Panucci followed up with a long ball to find Vieri who retreated. Old Ray wanted to squeeze past Vieri at this time and stretch out his foot to poke the ball. This made Lao Lei understand a truth, he always has to pay it back when he comes out. If Lao Lei has always bullied others with his body before, this time he also bullied others. Vieri firmly resisted Lao Lei with his broad back, and even if Lao Lei tried his best, he did not move at all, protected the ball well, and waited for his teammates to come up to respond.

When Totti came up, Vieri would do it, and Totti met the ball and made a long pass to Piero in front. The prince of Juventus, who has been playing unsatisfactory in this World Cup, finally played his due level this time, stretched out his right foot to meet Totti's pass, and lifted the football high and flew over the head of Andrade who was pressing. Then he accelerated forward and calmly broke through Andrade's defense.

Lift your right foot again and gently unload the ball, then accelerate forward. On the left side of the edge of the box, he shot decisively before Kutto could come up to make up for it. The ball made a beautiful arc in the air, past Baia's outstretched hands, and clenched the dead space between the column and the beam. At 1:0, Italy took the lead in the score thanks to a wonderful solo performance by Piero.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ The prince of Juventus! Prince!! The right foot that can play the violin, wonderful, wonderful! This is the Piero area! The Piero area is once again in full swing, a blow from the superstar. He single-handedly changed the situation of the whole game. The Italian commentator shouted passionately and looked like a Juventus fan as well. After the goal, Piero excitedly took off his shirt and waved it, releasing the pressure that had been building up for a long time.

After the start of this World Cup, there were countless people who questioned Piero's form, believing that he was just a club player. Piero, who is sharp at Juventus, never seems to be able to live up to the demands that have been made. His peak form seems to be something that can only be achieved at Juventus. The forward partnership between Piero and Vieri used to be the top striker that everyone fantasized about. But now it's more about saying that Piero shouldn't even occupy a first-choice striker position and should give way to Inzaghi.

Even with Trapattoni's strong support, one can imagine how much pressure has accumulated in Piero's mind. All this was perfectly released after this goal, this goal he was like a beautiful swordsman, like a noble prince, and he completed it with great weight and ease. This goal is destined to become an eternal memory in the hearts of his fans and fans in the world.

Piero fell to his knees, clenched his fists, raised his arms and let out a high-pitched roar. This roar, the roar is the ridicule, the disapproval, the everything. At this moment, he is not only the prince of Juventus, but also the prince of the whole of Italy, and this moment is like a new life.

The Italian players pressed him under them excitedly. The fans chanted his name loudly, and it was a hero's courtesy. On the other hand, the Portuguese players have a slightly lonely and annoyed expression. Andrade was the most disappointed of them all, and he knew that he had become the backdrop, the backdrop for a great goal. And this is precisely the biggest shame for the defensive player, because he will be remembered as a backdrop.

Old Ray did not pay attention to Piero, who scored the goal, but looked at Vieri. To some extent, Lao Lei is also responsible for the goal conceded. may be the smooth football career in front of him, which made Lao Lei look down on the heroes of the world a little. If he had committed a decisive foul at that time, perhaps Italy would not have been able to fight back quickly. But his self-confidence was over-inflated, and Vieri taught Ray a good lesson. When you think you are invincible in the world, there will always be people and teams who will come out to give you a hard blow. Unless you only think you've reached Maradona's status in world football, you shouldn't think so.

At this time, Lao Lei had the idea of leaving the Portuguese Super League for the first time and going to the outside league. He felt a bit like the frog sitting in the well now, Portugal was too small, for the whole world of football. When his contract with Porto ends, he's going to go outside, and that's when he has the decision. Lao Lei shook his head and put this idea aside for the time being, now is the critical moment to find a way to equalize, Portugal, which conceded a goal first, completely lost the initiative on the field.

Oliveira scratched his hair in annoyance on the sidelines, but he couldn't blame anyone for the goal, and that's what the superstar does, changing the game in an instant. He forced himself to calm down immediately and think about how to deal with the next game, when Italy was the most difficult to deal with in world football.

Under the complaint of Figo and others, the referee forced the celebration in Italy to end and quickly restart the game. If Portugal had room to stay in the past, then at this time they would have to attack with all their might. After taking the lead, Italy's strategy, they all knew in their hearts that it must be a more resolute defensive counterattack.

Fortunately, the Portuguese players are all experienced veterans, and they have not suffered a lot of emotional fluctuations and have remained fairly calm. Even Lao Lei, the youngest, is born with coarse nerves, and there are few violent fluctuations in his emotions.

In the stands, the Portuguese fans looked a little anxious. Kayla folded her hands, praying that her boyfriend would make it through. Lao Lei's family members were also watching nervously, and even Xiao Ji seemed to be affected by adults, and her clear and pure big eyes showed a hint of anxiety.

The two sides settled their positions and re-served to start the match. Lao Lei looked at the Italian player with a happy face on the opposite side, Piero with excitement on his face, and Maldini with a calm face, and said in his heart that this is a strong opponent.

But it's also an opponent worth beating with all your might.

"Toot", the game resumes.