However, the Dutch team quickly showed their strong team style, and after this unsuccessful raid by Portugal, they quickly established themselves and did not give Portugal such a good chance. In the face of such a situation, Portugal's frontcourt did not give up their own front-court pressing strategy, if nothing else, such a defensive strategy, they will maintain the whole game.

Scolari's defensive tactics are designed to counter the Dutch midfielder consisting of Seedorf and the other three. The midfield combination of these three people is terrifying because they are all midfield all-rounders, and the positions between the three are almost not deliberately set. In the game, they can show the versatility and flexibility that is hard to find in other midfield combinations. Among them, even Davis, who is famous as a midfield scavenger, has his own hand in launching attacks in addition to being fierce defensively. Needless to say, Cocu and Seedorf, who have spent time at many of the continent's biggest clubs, have both established themselves in Europe's top leagues and proven their stars.

Scolari's aim is to let the players use this kind of aggressive pressing to hinder the operation and performance of the Dutch midfield as much as possible, and not let it play to its own strengths as much as he wants. So this kind of pressing on the field seems to have little effect and can't get the ball, but it actually has its deeper role here. Scolari's aim is not to break the ball, but to get in the way.

Judging from the effect of the opening so far, Scolari's purpose has basically been achieved. Seedorf's passing and dribbling were visibly disrupted, and their work of delivering shells to the front line was a huge hindrance. At least from the opening scene. The Dutch stormy attack was somewhat limited. In the case that Robben and others do not retreat. They can only use more passes of more than 10 meters to organize the attack, and cannot advance layer by layer. The link between the Dutch midfield and the front court. I was temporarily cut off by Portugal with an active close pressing.

In the seventh minute of the first half, Cocu wanted a long pass to Robben on the left side of the field. However, it was not so easy for Robben to catch the ball. Scolari, who has studied the footage of the Dutch game, naturally did not turn a blind eye to Robben's lethal speed, and Kostiani was firmly entangled with Robben after the opening. The Dutch winger, who is currently two years younger than the old ray, is still a lot behind Kostiani in terms of physical confrontation and header kung fu. After Kostiani grabbed the position with his body, he headed the ball to the side of the old ray.

Lao Lei's position after the opening. Slightly ahead of Kostiani. In this position, what Lao Lei needs to do is not only to help defend the two ways at any time, but also to go up in time when the Dutch midfielder successfully gets rid of Portugal's high pressing, and intercept or destroy the Dutch attack.

After receiving a pass from Kostiani, the old Rayla turned the ball and rushed forward with the ball. This Dutch midfield is a good interception team, with Davies as the center of the midfield defence. It's not something that can be broken through lightly. Besides, Seedorf and Cocu both have good defensive qualities. In the face of such a midfield interception line, Scolari needs Lao Lei to give more help to the front court in the attack. Because of this game. Scolari's attacking strategy was to play slow and play ground control, at least when the score was deadlocked. This is also for. Control the rhythm on the field and suppress the pace of the Dutch attack.

When Lao Ray dribbled the ball to the front court. Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo on either side also began to lean into the middle, allowing Portugal to form a brief 4-on-3 advantage in the middle. Lao Lei, Deco, Figo and Ronaldo are all good at their feet. When facing Seedorf and other three-man defenses, it can play a good effect. At this time, another important point in Portugal's attack is the exchange of positions between Ronaldo and Figo. Since both of them have good left and right foot skills and can play on both wings, then Scolari hopes that the two can use the switch to disrupt the Dutch defence.

The arrangement worked. Between the four people, the continuous running and passing of the ball made a fierce man like Davis a little unable to touch the ball. Finally, after receiving Ronaldo's freehand pass, Lao Lei stopped the ball and accelerated to get rid of Cocu, and then came directly to the front of the Netherlands' penalty area. At this time, Lao Lei faced Baoma who was pressed out, and did not rush to pass or shoot, but stopped the football at the front of the penalty area. While constantly using his skillful ball protection skills to avoid Bouma's breaks, he is also waiting for Gomez's running position and the support of Deco and others.

Lao Lei stopped the football in front of the Dutch goal, and began to swing his hips and twist his feet constantly, making feints. And Baoma also seemed very stable and did not take the plunge. Given the high level of efficiency in his previous games, the Netherlands have already ranked him at the top of the Portugal ranks. Bouma wasn't in a hurry to break the ball with his feet, he knew that his teammates would come over to help. This is the middle lane, not the side lane, and there won't be so much space and time for Lao Lei to play with his footwork.

This was certainly the case, and soon Davis rushed straight at him, forming a front and rear defense with Bauma. In such a situation, Lao Lei buckled with his left foot, let the heel of his right foot follow the trend, and let the football roll directly to his left back. In this regard, Davis, who was behind him, was obviously unprepared, watching the football roll in front of his eyes, and was not able to break his foot.

Deco, who was inserted later, accelerated and got the pass from Lao Lei first. He then played a reverse one-two with Figo, who had successfully switched sides, knocked the ball back to Figo, and accelerated directly behind Retzger. Figo also picked it up and passed the ball behind Retzger. After Deco received the ball, he went straight to the bottom. Near the baseline, a snap was made to pass the ball before Seedorf and Retzger could close together.

The pass was not for Ronaldo and Gomez in the box, but for Lao Lei at the edge of the box. After Lao Lei received the ball, he just adjusted a little and was ready to shoot directly. The wild boar Davis rushed over directly, blocking Lao Lei's shooting route, so that Lao Lei had to give up the choice of shooting. With a strong body and strong defensive moves, Davis keeps using these strengths of his own. is interfering with Lao Lei and does not let him handle the ball smoothly. Make movements.

I have to say, this time Davis's supplemental defense. Although in time, interrupted Lao Lei's attack. And after Lao Lei firmly leaned on Davis behind him with his body, after temporarily using his technique to do nothing, he directly chose to come hard. Leaning back with all his might, he squeezed out a trace of space. Then, Lao Lei didn't look at the goal adjustment, and directly made a powerful long-range shot with a half-turn. After this physical confrontation, Lao Lei also personally felt Davis's strength and physical essence. He knew that as long as he had any hesitation at this time, Davis's blockade would come. Block your own shot. At this time, there can be no hesitation.

This decisive long-range shot evaded Davis's block, and it was of good quality. With a high speed, like a cannonball, the ball rushed towards the top left corner of the goal. At this time, the veteran goalkeeper of Fulham in the Premier League, Van der Sar, was in a state of great courage and flew high. Both fists blocked Lao Lei's shot from the bottom line. With his rapid reaction speed, people can't imagine that he is 34 years old this year.

After the Portuguese fans hugged their heads again and regretted it, they gave their own applause for the team's beautiful attack. After the opening of the team. Two successful, threatening shots in a row gave them a morale boost and they could win the game. Confident. However, at this time, Lao Lei, who had just completed a beautiful shot on the field. Not so optimistic. Portugal has done a very good job in that attack just now. But Lao Lei still didn't get a good shot on goal. This shot just now. It was entirely his own personal ability in exchange. This shows that in addition to being impressive in attack, this Dutch team is also not to be underestimated defensively.

This is a team that is both offensive and defensive, and Lao Lei once again gave the Netherlands a comment in his heart. Such an opponent is the most difficult to deal with. The situation on the field now is that Portugal and the Netherlands have formed a situation of mutual restraint. This kind of situation has shown that this game will be a protracted battle, and no one wants to eat the other in one bite.

Portugal's two threatening attacks in the opening game obviously displeased Dutch coach Advocaat on the sidelines. He came to the sidelines and expressed his displeasure to the Dutch players on the field. The disgruntled Dutch players, who received the manager, began their own comeback on the pitch.

In the ninth minute of the first half, Robben dropped back near the halfway line to receive the ball. This allowed him to form a bond with Cocu and others, and it was also a skilful small-scale combination that allowed Cocu to find an opportunity to dribble away from Portugal's front court. In the face of Lao Lei, he gave the football to Robben, who retreated. After receiving the football, Robben immediately knocked his heel back, then turned around and directly began to step on the accelerator to accelerate. This time, Kostiani's closeness didn't work, and Robben's sudden heel knock turned and caught him off guard.

As it turned out, when Robben's pace picked up, Kostiani's defense looked a little useless. Robben's acceleration in several big strides directly made Kostiani a position behind him, and he could only follow behind him and eat ashes. On the football field, in addition to beautiful technology, the speed of the wind can also give fans a different kind of enjoyment.

Along with Robben's start, the cheers of the Dutch fans increased sharply. And this momentum, like a battle horn, made Robben three points faster. In the face of such speed, Ferreira chose to let Robben go to the bottom and strictly guard the inside lane to prevent him from cutting inside. Such a defensive choice is smart, and at this time, if Ferreira wants both sides, he will definitely be eaten alive by Robben, who is fully starting, and there is no scum left.

After getting off the ground, Robben shook off Ferreira with a successful smash and completed a successful cross. In the small penalty area, Portugal's defenders did not dare to slack off, and the reputation of the king of the small penalty area was piled up with the blood of countless enemies.

Van Nistelrooy, who was caught between Andrade and Carvalho, used his experience and height to grab the first spot. However, this also made it impossible for him to head directly at the goal. He rubbed the back of his head and slammed the ball to the edge of the box. There, Seedorf was already in place.

However, Seedorf did not get much of a good opportunity. Lao Lei's timely defense was in place, a leading position, and a big foot, which destroyed Vanney's pass.

Although no shots were formed, the Netherlands, who had been slightly suppressed in the opening period, began to counterattack with this attack.

Orange Attack Storm is about to hang! (To be continued......)