Greece played a 4-4-2 formation in this game, and in this lineup, except for Karagunis, Charisteas and Frizas, the remaining seven men were used for defensive purposes. Such a lineup arrangement also undoubtedly tells everyone that I am here to play defensive counterattack tactics in this game.

When Lao Lei first saw a lineup like Greece, he felt that this game was not very easy to play. A team that is already good at defending also came up with the tactics of putting a bus in front of the goal in the game, such an opponent is very difficult for any team. The difficulty lies in how to score goals and break down the opponent's defense. If Greece is not burdened with the draw with Portugal, it is even satisfied. For Portugal, then, it is definitely not satisfied with a draw with Greece in the opening game.

Even, as long as the win is not pretty, it will be criticized. Expectations are too high for this Portuguese team, who are desperate to help Portuguese football win the first major trophy in the history of Portuguese football. In this respect, Greece has gained a slight advantage. With that in mind, Portugal's attack is bound to be fierce, and it could even be too aggressive in the game. This is undoubtedly an extraordinary thing for Greece, which is determined to play defensive counterattacks.

Regarding this competition, Lao Lei considered it like this. As long as Portugal themselves don't make mistakes in defense and don't give Greece a chance, with Greece's offensive ability, it will be difficult for them to penetrate Portugal's defense. In this way, Portugal is almost invincible. As for the attacking side, Lei believes Portugal will always find a chance in the 90 minutes.

However, this qiē incident was beyond his expectations. He did not expect Portugal's mistake to be made so quickly and so fatally. After the opening, it was Greece's possession first. At this time, it is still very normal. After the official start of the game, Portugal's frontcourt players appeared to be very active, and launched a fierce siege against the Greek ball-handler in the frontcourt.

In such a situation, the Greek backcourt players are very uncomfortable with the ball. In desperation, he could only organize the attack with a long pass, but the scarcity of attackers in the front court made Lao Lei and Kostiani join forces to cut off the football from the feet of Greek striker Basinas without pressure and control the ball at their feet. And after conceding the goal, the Greek players immediately retreated and retired beyond half time. Firmly planted his own concrete-like defense

And in the face of such a defensive line, the frontcourt players who were overly excited after the opening appeared to overheat their heads in the attack. Their individual performances fell in the bucket in the face of Greece's solid overall defence, but did not have the slightest effect. Such a rhythm is within the scope of Lao Lei's vision. According to his idea, wait for about 5 minutes, wait for the heat of his teammates in the front court to cool down, and the game can slowly enter the orbit of Portugal. However, in the 6th minute of the first half, Ferreira made a mistake. But it made Lao Lei's abacus come to naught.

After Ferreira got the ball on the right side of the backfield, he should have given it to Lao Lei and let Lao Lei organize it. But at this time, Figo in the front court came back and raised his hand to ask for the ball. Given Figo's status. and his own contempt for Greece, which he chose to hand over football to Figo. However, at this moment, Karagunis, who was not far from him, suddenly stabbed out. And Ferreira's pass. It's also because he's too relaxed and seems a little less powerful. This was exactly what allowed Karagunis to get the ball with ease, and then dribble diagonally towards the Portuguese penalty area.

It was a fatal mistake. The Portuguese defence was clearly unprepared for this. The running positions of Charliates and Frizas in the penalty area were so that Andrade and Carvalho did not dare to press out lightly. And that gave Karagunis the chance to shoot from distance. He fired a powerful right-footed volley from 25 yards out and the ball slid into the bottom left corner of the goal on turf. And probably because of the fact that the game was just beginning, Ricardo's body was not fully moving, and he was known for his quick reaction to this shot, but he did not react in time and looked a little sluggish. There was nothing he could do but watch the football go into the goal.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Georges! Georges!! A nice long shot! We are ahead!! The proud Portuguese, paid the price for their pride. Their right-wing-back, the regular right-back of new European champions Porto, gave us a fine assist. The Greek commentator was surprised and excited as if he had picked up 10 million. The blue stands of the Dragon Stadium were suddenly full of hands dancing. Coming six minutes ahead of hosts Greece, such a fantastic start would have been unimaginable even for the most loyal Greek fans.

At the same time, the Portuguese fans were stunned, everyone was stunned. Just now there was singing and dancing, and the lively Portuguese fan stands were strangely silent at this time. They watched in amazement at the Greek players celebrating passionately on the pitch and at the scores displayed on the big electronic screens. Although this qiē tells them that it is true, they do not believe their eyes. Scolari, who was on the sidelines, was also stunned, his face full of depression and incomprehension.

On the field, Lao Lei also stopped his pace of chasing back, shook his head, and was very helpless. It was too sudden just now, and he was still preparing to receive Ferreira's pass, but he didn't react all of a sudden. Looking at the passionate Greek players, Lao Lei knew that if he wanted to win this game, it would take a lot of effort. It wasn't easy to break through Greece's concrete defence and score, especially when they were ahead and their morale was boosting.

Before the game restarted, Lao Lei felt that he had to do something first. He called Figo and other frontcourt players over to calm them down and not rush. Not to mention Ferreira's mistake just now, several people in the front court were too active and pressed too forward, and the Portuguese midfield was a little disjointed, which was a very heavy reason why the attack was ineffective. Then, he also comforted his teammates. In the opening game, there was a fatal mistake not long after the opening. It's a big blow to a player's heart. Old Ray didn't want Ferreira to play the next game. Something is out of order. Once it can be forgiven, twice it is an unforgivable sin. Well, whatever the outcome of this game. In the rest of the European Championship and even in the games after the European Championship, Ferreira will not have a good time.

After seeing Lao Lei's series of actions, Scolari also gave up his plan to lecture up and down, and sat down in his place peacefully. Although this goal was conceded, the whole Portugal team was caught off guard. However, he believes that as long as Portugal holds their ground, it will not be difficult to equalize or even overtake the score. And Lao Lei's steady appearance also made him very confident in this.

But no matter what, just 7 minutes after the opening. Portugal had to kick off again in midfield. At this time, Portugal also had to move forward. Losing to Greece in the opening game, which was unacceptable for Portugal. On the Greek side, after taking the lead, they were more comfortable recovering and playing defensive counter-attacks. Looking at the Greek defense, Lao Lei had to strengthen his investment in the offensive end in advance in order to equalize the score.

But things are just as he thought, not that simple. A solid and reasonable line of defense in Greece. Caused great trouble to the advance of Portugal. In the 12th minute of the first half, Lao Lei suddenly stepped forward with the ball. In this regard, the Greek side has obviously made meticulous preparations. As soon as Bassinas and Yannakopolos crossed the halfway line, they immediately came together. One person stuck to him, and the other blocked Lao Lei's passing route, and they cooperated very tacitly. Apparently I have practiced this specifically.

In such a situation, Lao Lei stepped on the football with his right foot. Pulling back, he took two steps back with his own small steps. He didn't turn around, he kept facing the Greek players head-on, and the whole action looked like a replay of watching the video. At this time, the two of them were stunned by this, obviously they had never seen such a strange way of retreating. Taking advantage of this moment, Lao Lei's toes were directly lightly picked, and the football flew directly from the head of the Brazilian Nas who pounced, which looked very freehand. And Basinasi did not expect this again. This is the way Lao Lei thought of playing, and it is the best way to deal with a team like Greece that is so disciplined and unexpected.

Deco leaned on the Greek captain Zagorakis, who was behind him, and stopped his chest against Lao Lei's pass, and gave the football to Figo, who was inserted diagonally. After Figo took a step diagonally with the ball, he faced the Calagounis who pounced, and directly dialed it diagonally, and gave it to Deco, who turned and cut forward. The successive passes between the two allowed Portugal to push the ball to the edge of the Greek penalty area.

At the same time, Deco, who was replaced by a change of position, also faced Greece's left wing-back Fissas. The Greeks' defense line was in the front for more than 10 minutes, and Deco had already seen how powerful it was, so this time he chose to come by himself. Instead, he knocked the ball back into the middle of the empty box, where Ray stepped forward with his speed and was followed by Yannakopolos.

In the face of Deco's pass, he knocked on his back heel and made an emergency stop, allowing Lao Lei to get a short space and time to handle the ball. He immediately picked it up and put the ball behind Greek right wing-back Sitaridis at this point, and Simão was already picking up the pace.

Although Simão got the football first, the Greek central defender Dellas, who expanded the defensive area in time, did not give him time to cut directly into the penalty area and firmly stuck the line. He could only hoist the football into the penalty area, but in the penalty area, the other Greek players were already in place, and the Greek penalty area defense suddenly became dense again.

Figo and Pauletta couldn't do anything, and the two of them couldn't take advantage of anything in terms of headers, at least in terms of headers. Another Greek centre-back, Kapsis, grabbed the first spot, pushed the ball off the line, and didn't give Figo a chance.

Looking at the Greek team's meticulous performance throughout the whole process, and the defensive line that rotated very well, Lao Lei Xin said that it was really not so easy, and a trace of solemnity increased in his eyes.

However, Lao Lei is a person who is stronger when encountered, the more difficult it is to defeat the opponent, the person who is difficult to prevent, and the door that is difficult to break, which will make him extra combative.

That's how he is at this point.

Looking at the gates of Greece, my eyes are full of strong thunder and desire to conquer!

Such a line of defense is strong enough!! (To be continued......)