Winning the first round of the group stage against Greece did not give the whole Portuguese team praise from home. Instead, there was a wave of skepticism, and the Portuguese premiere was far from what Portugal was looking forward to. The pre-match Portugal fans were expecting a spectacular victory, perhaps because the height of their expectations was too high, and it was understandable that the gap would be even greater. They didn't see the dominance they wanted to see, but Greece forced Portugal a little ugly. Among them, the gap and dissatisfaction led to the criticism of the Portuguese team as a whole.

Before the game, it was the media who stirred up this expectation and heat, and now it is up to them to compare this cold water. After the game, the Portuguese media compared the victory to that of Lao Lei alone. According to them, it was a victory for Remayr. We don't see anyone worthy of this victory other than Remaia. In fact, this is somewhat exaggerated, the Portuguese players' table xiàn was relatively sluggish in the first 30 minutes or so, but after 30 minutes, they gradually returned to normal. The reason why Lao Lei has become a standout in the eyes of the outside world is that on the one hand, Lao Lei is indeed playing very well, and on the other hand, Greece's defense is really good.

It is somewhat unfair that the Portuguese media have criticized the Portuguese players in this way. However, the Portuguese players could not refute this statement, as they themselves were very dissatisfied with their own appearance. However, when Scolari was interviewed by reporters, he still spoke for his disciples. He said: "Remaia's performance is indeed very good, which is undeniable, and I am very happy that he has such a performance. But that's because of it. It would be unfair to erase the table of other players. The other players are Pauletta, Figo. Deco and they all contributed to the win, although we didn't do it well enough. But we should not be subject to such criticism either. ”

However, this cannot stop the voices of doubts about the Portuguese team in Portugal, questioning whether they can afford the expectations of the entire Portuguese people. Such a situation makes the Portuguese players hold back their energy, and they want to be ashamed in the next game against Russia, and show their best performance. Although the outside world is full of rumors, and the beginning of the European Cup is not as smooth as imagined, the atmosphere in the Portuguese team is still very harmonious.

Of course. This is something that some people don't want to see. Before the start of the match against Russia, a Russian reporter blocked Lao Lei and asked him if he was dissatisfied with his teammate's inaction in the match against Greece. Obviously, this is for the purpose of causing chaos in Portugal.

Russia were beaten by Bellerón by a goal in the first round against Spain. Now the qualifying form of Group A is, Portugal and Spain are undoubtedly the most promising. Russia and Greece are the most disadvantaged, as they are the same, and if they do not get a good result in the next round, they may face an early exit. So for Russia. Against Portugal, they will at least have to get a no-lose situation. Considering Portugal's strength and home momentum, Russia is not very optimistic about this. So then the purpose of the Russian journalist is obvious, once the news of discord within the Portuguese team breaks out at this time. Affecting Portugal's preparation is bound to be of great help to the Russian national team.

Lao Lei, who is already an old man, is the goal of this Russian journalist. He just wondered why he had found him, did he look like a fool who spoke without thinking. He ignored the Russian journalist. went straight into the hotel where the Portuguese national team was staying, and the hotel workers also stopped the unrelenting Russian reporter in time. Ignore this one's yelling. Only one middle finger was left for him, which represented disdain.

There are only 4 days to adjust and rest between the first and second rounds of the group stage. The time is very tight, just when Portugal is urgently preparing for Russia, the other three group stages are also in full swing. The first round of the group stage of the entire European Championship was relatively uneventful, except for Italy's 0-0 draw by Denmark, the rest of the games did not exceed outside expectations. In the two most eye-catching games, France beat England 2-1, Zidane scored twice, a penalty and a free kick, and the French king sheltered the Gallic rooster. In the other game, Germany drew 1-1 with the Netherlands, and the king of the small penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy, made a brilliant volley and saved it.

After the match between Germany and the Netherlands, the first round of the group stage of this European Championship is also officially over, and the second round of Group A will start the next day. The night before the start of this game, the Portuguese team, under the auspices of Figo, deliberately held a small meeting. While summing up the first game, it is also about cheering for tomorrow's game and correcting the attitude of the Portuguese players. All in all, on the second day, the Portuguese players entered the Algarve stadium with confidence.

Russia set up a 4-4-1-1 formation to target the gaps in Portugal's 4-2-3-1 formation. But it's clear that tactics are tactics, and it's up to the players to decide the game on the pitch. And apparently the overall strength of the Russian players is not enough for them to take advantage of Portugal's tactical loopholes. As soon as the game began, the Portuguese players' aggressive attack kept them immobile in their own half.

It is clear that Russia's defensive system is nowhere near as good as Greece's, and they are unable to prevent Portugal from playing their traditional football, samba style football. In the front court, the Portuguese players' sharp individual breakthroughs and delicate small-scale coordination made Russia have no backhand and can only resist with all their might. Alenichev, who greeted Lao Lei and the others before the game, soon found that he could only defend in front of his Porto team-mates, and could not show his speed in attack.

In the 6th minute of the first half, Figo's sharp personal breakthrough on the right flank forced Russia's left wing-back Xennikov to reach out and pull Figo down and use tactical fouls to stop Figo's continued advance. The right to take this free kick was ceded to Figo, who was eager to make meritorious contributions.

Figo's free-kick was blocked by the wall, but Ray grabbed the second spot from outside the box. Old Ray knocked the ball with a left-footed heel and let go of the grab-up Roskov. Then he rushed directly along the right rib to the Russian penalty area, came to the edge of the penalty area, and led away the Russian defense in the middle. Then it was directly a knock on his heel, and it was handed to the feet of Figo behind him, and Figo was already unguarded at this time.

After stopping Ray's pass, Figo decisively got up and volleyed hard with his left foot. The ball made a wonderful inward spin arc that bypassed the hands of Russian goalkeeper Ovchinnikov and flew into the goal behind him. After conceding in the opening seven minutes of the first game, Portugal took the lead in the opening seven minutes of this game, which was a fantastic coincidence, one was a nightmare start and the other was a fantastic start.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Louis! Louis!! Finally broke out, and after receiving Reima's magic heel knock, a beautiful powerful volley opened the door to Russia. 1:0, we got off to a fantastic start. Beautiful attack, this is the Portugal we are familiar with, this is our tradition! ”

If before the start of the game, the Portuguese fans were a little worried that Portugal would make another mistake, now Figo's goal has completely reassured them. And Figo also ran to the corner flag area excitedly and came to a passionate long-distance kneeling. He was passionately unleashing the resentment that had been buried in his stomach for the past two days. As the top name in the Portuguese team, Figo has been the most criticised after Ferreira and Scolari. "He's old", "Is Louis pensioning" and other voices made Figo extremely questioned.

Mr. Footballer's pride makes him disdain to fight back with his mouth, he prefers to fight back with his actions. He was holding back his strength to score in this game, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. Taking advantage of this goal, the resentment suffered in the past few days has also been vented. Figo patted Old Ray's head gratefully, and Old Ray smiled happily back. Seeing the intimacy between the two new and old kings in the Portuguese team, Portuguese fans completely forgot about their dissatisfaction and doubts in the previous game, and began to look forward to Portugal's future with great anticipation. That's how forgetful the fans are, and for them, one win can solve all the problems. While it may seem unfair to the players, the fans have the right to be treated because they make football football.

And judging from this game, after Figo's goal, the situation completely fell into the hands of Portugal. Boosted by Figo's goal, Portugal's momentum has become more magnificent, the offensive has become more and more aggressive, and Russia seems to be shaky.

In the 14th minute of the first half, Portugal made a comeback. After Lao Lei played a one-two with Deco in the midfield, he directly kicked a precise 40-meter straight plug to the ground, and accurately sent the football to the back of Russian right defender Yevseyev. And Simon's tacit start allowed him to take the lead, get the football before Yevseev, and start to go straight to the bottom.

Then a precise cross found Pauletta in the box, and in the face of the tall Russian central defender, Pauleta cleverly did not choose to force himself. Instead, he played a reverse one-two with Deco at the front of the penalty area, and after receiving Pauletta's return ball, Deco knocked the ball back to Pauletta's feet without stopping the ball and directly volleyed. Unfortunately, Pauletta's tackle went just wide of the net and missed a great chance.

Although the attack unfortunately did not score, Portugal had completely overwhelmed Russia, and it was so overwhelming that it could not fight back in the slightest.

The Russian players were directly blinded by the onslaught of Portugal's attack, and they could only run and defend instinctively. The angry shouts of the Russian coach on the sidelines could not wake up their players.

Unfortunate Russia can be regarded as carrying the black pot on Greece. (To be continued......)