It has to be said that Lao Lei's control of the situation was very successful during the period after the game restarted. Although it was not easy and took a lot of effort, it was worth it overall. After this period of passing and falling feet, it may be an exaggeration to say that Portugal has completely dismissed Italy's defensive enthusiasm. However, it is completely correct to say that Portugal, under the leadership of Lao Lei, has eliminated most of Italy's enthusiasm for pressing.

On the surface, this may only mean to make Portugal's ball pass easier, but its real intrinsic value is much more than that. You must know that the opponent's enthusiasm for grabbing the ball is reduced, but it is often a good time to attack with a possession-based style of play. Therefore, due to Portugal's current possession-based style of play, it can be regarded as Portugal's offensive opportunity in this game, but it is not as good as the opening time.

After obviously feeling that the difficulty of passing the ball has decreased, Lao Lei took advantage of the situation and began to work the offensive end. For the sake of stability, this may only be a fairly conservative offensive, but it can be of great significance to Portugal. On the football field, in addition to bringing opportunities, attacking can also greatly deplete the opponent's physical strength, patience, and even fighting spirit. Therefore, for Portugal and Lao Lei, at this time and at this juncture, it is necessary to consume as much Italy as possible. Whether you score or not, it has a very positive impact on the final victory of this hard-fought battle.

Of course, Lao Lei is also very clear about this. However, there is still a big problem that he needs to solve before he can go on the offensive personally. That is the Italian midfielder Gattuso, who has always been closely by his side and has not lost his enthusiasm at all. In fact. For Gattuso's performance, Lao Lei had expected it. But even so, he still had to express his admiration for Gattuso at the moment.

Having a fighting spirit, even a strong fighting spirit, is a very difficult thing for any competitive sports athlete. But what is rare is that they have always maintained their fighting spirit, no matter what they encounter and endure. Whoever can do that, he's a very tough athlete. The same is true of Gattuso at this time.

For Lao Lei, with his current overall strength, getting rid of Gattuso may not be a difficult thing to do. But if he is to get rid of Gattuso in 90 minutes, no matter what he does, it will be a very difficult task. This can be said to be a huge burden on Lao Lei in terms of the overall difficulty of the game, which can be regarded as a strategic weapon.

For Gattuso, who can do this, Lao Lei admires it in his heart. But admiration is admiration. He had to be irritated by the energy and energy that was obviously depleted faster than usual. It can be said that in addition to this game, Lao Ray and Gattuso are in the opposite position itself. It's a difficult war of attrition, and no one can solve anyone at once unless there are unexpected circumstances.

In addition to this. What is even more sad for Lao Lei is that he has no way to find a shortcut or a long detour. There is only one path ahead. Shit! In this regard, he was naturally very unhappy in his heart. But it can only be accepted. And in the 23rd minute of the first half, he had to accept this difficult choice again.

At this time, Portugal has taken advantage of the period when Italy's collective enthusiasm for grabbing the ball has decreased, and once again took the opportunity to overwhelm the overall formation through the half. Considering that neither Totti nor Toney are fast players, Ray feels that this should be the best option for Portugal in attack. It not only maintains the support for the forward line at any time as much as possible, but also ensures that enough troops are invested after losing the ball and counter-stealing, so that it can do both.

This is the overall formation and positioning of Portugal, and Lao Lei personally cruised not far from Deco at this time. It's an awkward position, and it's not up or down, but at the same time, it's a very smart position. It can be said that this is exactly the watershed zone of the defensive strength of the Italian defence.

Here, as long as Lao Lei takes one step further, he will immediately be tightly rounded up by the Italian defense line. However, at the same time, as long as he takes a step back, he can immediately enjoy a more relaxed defensive environment, and he can basically move freely at will. Such a position, if you use the metaphor of the human body to put it more vividly, it is a proper sensitive point, hard, soft, screaming, or moaning, it all depends on what kind of kung fu and work Lao Lei can do in this area.

Not to mention, how he will behave at other times, at least this time, Lao Lei's efforts are enough to poke Italy's sensitive points. However, it has to be said that this success did have his chances. But Ronaldo's pass was touched by Zambrotta, which not only changed the football route, but also flew directly behind Lao Lei, which seemed to be an unexpected change of line that was more unfavorable to Lao Lei and Portugal, but suddenly inspired Lao Lei's mind, commonly known as a flash of inspiration.

What does he want to do?! As soon as he saw this, the positive Gattuso did not hesitate and chased after football. But at this moment, Lao Lei stayed where he was, and he didn't even turn around, which made the Italian titan instinctively feel a sense of uneasiness in his heart. But at this time, he had no way to make changes, because the human body is not a mind that can brake and turn back at any time, and Gattuso's body has already made an action at this moment, and it is too late to regret it.

"Hmm!!" Gattuso's uneasy premonition was correct, and before he could touch the football, Lao Lei's ball handling action had already taken a step ahead of him, causing a wave of admiration or exclamation from the audience. I saw that Lao Lei was like a long eye in the back of his head at this moment, suddenly raised his right foot high backwards, and then gently hooked the falling football with his right heel. This light and freehand blow directly made the football fly again, and directly over the head of Lao Lei, and came to him from behind, making Gattuso pounce in the air.

This time, although Gattuso wanted to make amends, he put his hand on Lao Lei's shoulder, but Lao Lei, who had already started immediately, didn't give him another chance, and distanced himself from him in a few big steps. However, even if he passed Gattuso, Lao Lei's road did not suddenly become a smooth road, and Perrotta suddenly made up for it.

This time, Lao Lei did not choose to come by himself, but chose to play a wall-like cooperation with Deco. In the end, this combination became an attack, and it was quite exciting. After receiving Lao Lei's pass, Deco shook his ankle, and with such a light rub, he gave the football just right to Lao Lei, who continued to insert forward.

I have to say that Deco needs to credit 80% of the success of this cooperation. And Lao Lei did not waste Deco's wonderful pass, and after stopping the football beautifully, he immediately came to the front of the Italian penalty area. In an instant, there was another gust of wind in front of the door of Italy.

Subsequently, in the face of Materazzi who pressed out, Lao Lei did not have too many sticky balls. At the edge of the penalty area, after a lateral flick, he delicately pushed the ball into the Italian penalty area, and played a classic through diagonal combination with Pauletta. All of a sudden, Portugal created an absolute killing machine in front of Italy's door.

Then, just when Lao Lei and the Portuguese people began to expect another goal, Cannavaro, who had performed phenomenally in this World Cup, stabbed diagonally again. The 30-year-old Italian veteran used a very bold and precise tackle to shovel the ball out of the bottom line before Pauletta's shot, thus once again resolving the emergency situation in front of the Italian goal.

Faced with this result, Lao Lei couldn't help but shake his head and feel helpless, and could only watch his team miss this great opportunity. Moreover, he knows that Portugal have missed not just a good chance to score, but an entire period of time. After this shot, Italy's pressing enthusiasm is bound to be stimulated and will be raised again. And until their enthusiasm is suppressed by Portugal and Lao Lei again, it is difficult for such offensive opportunities to appear again. Against a team like Italy, it's hard to expect a succession of attacking opportunities, and if you miss a great chance, you'll have to wait patiently for the next one.

Some people may think that Lao Lei is taking it for granted, but this is the case, this is the dynamic balance in the game and the rise and fall of the other. After the resumption of the game, the situation on the field did develop like this, in the face of the re-energized Italian defence, Lao Lei and Portugal could only temporarily withdraw their sharp minions and wait for the next opportunity to come.

On the pitch, when Portugal was in control, Italy was not without attacking opportunities. Although there were some staccato points, Portugal's goal was not without the threat of Italy. In the case that the normal attack could not open the situation, every set-piece attack of Italy was enough to make Portugal panic for a while.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Kostiani fouled Totti, who was holding the ball, and Italy were given another set-piece opportunity in front. Suddenly, Portugal's penalty area was crowded again. At the same time, the hearts of Portuguese fans can't help but lift. Now, even fans who can't understand football can intuitively feel that once the guy in the blue jersey kicks a ball in the air, it is the time when tension envelops the penalty area of the red jersey.

Without exception, Lao Lei also entered the penalty area again this time to help fight for the top. At the same time, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, I felt that after an Italian player walked towards him, he looked up and said, "Oh, old acquaintance."

Looking at the big man in front of him, who was more than 190 centimeters, the anger and disgust that had been hidden by Lao Lei for a long time suddenly burst out like a volcanic eruption.

In an instant, those hot and hot things kept tumbling and exploding in his chest like boiling water, and they wanted to erupt like arrows from the strings, hurting people!

While his heart is hot, Lao Lei's external performance is very calm.

At this moment, he didn't say or do anything except squint his eyes. But even so, it feels very weird.

This strange and expectant demeanor is like watching your own bloody fishhook, constantly sinking and sinking

is so murderous, although it is quiet, but it is terrifyingly quiet, it makes people cold to the bone!

Chilling to the marrow!! (To be continued......)