Speaking ahead of the game, Poland head coach Engel said: "The team has to get out of the shadow of defeat as soon as possible, and against the mighty Portugal, we have to do everything we can to save the best hope of qualifying from the group." "In the warm-up match before the World Cup, Poland lost to Japan with the same score of 2:0. And this time, also after losing 2-0 to South Korea, Engel even joked after the game that my team might be suffering from Asianphobia. The Eastern Golaliers are bottom of Group D and this game will be a desperate battle for them, with a defeat to Portugal leaving their hopes of qualification slim.

One hour before the game, the press media received Portugal's starting line-up. The lineup of Portugal, which had previously become the focus of discussion, was finally unveiled at this time. Before the game, there was speculation in the "Record" newspaper that Oliveira would change to a two-back formation, which caused another wave of discussion and controversy from the outside world. And all this hustle and bustle, at this moment the dust settled.

With a whistle from the referee, the game began. Portugal won the kick-off, Lao Lei received Pinto's return pass, faced the Polish forward player, began to cooperate with Rui Costa, in the middle of the midfield to reverse the ball, first control the football. Rui Costa, who was obviously in good form in this game, teamed up with Lao Lei and slipped around the Polish players in their own half. Ray himself was a veteran of this kind of ball control when he was in Leiria, not to mention that he now has a midfield maestro Rui Costa by his side.

The duo teamed up to lead the Portuguese players at the back, leaving the Polish players at a loss with fluid passes at the back. It's a familiar rhythm for this Portuguese team, keeping the football at their feet and killing their opponents with grace and magnificence. Six minutes into the game, Poland had yet to touch the ball. At this time, the intensity of Poland's opening period of pressing has also passed, Lao Lei and Rui Costa began to slowly press the line forward, and now it is time for Portugal to attack.

After linking up with the likes of Figo in midfield, the Portuguese players found Poland easier to deal with than they had imagined. Everyone knows that the strength of this Portugal team is in the midfield, but the pressure on the Portuguese team from Poland at this time is not as great as the Portuguese players imagined. There's a lot of space in midfield for them to play their attacking talents.

Poland relinquished control of their midfield with ease, with the Portuguese starting to play his flamboyant footwork in midfield. Lao Lei was also influenced by his teammates, and played very freehand and chic in the midfield, and his movements were very stretched. And the Portuguese fans in the stands were immersed in the gorgeous attacking performances of their own teams. Portugal, which was becoming more and more relaxed, brought out the best of their best and played a mercury-like attack. The Portuguese players danced like a samba in the rain, playing a Brazilian style of artistic football.

The Portuguese players' perfect technique, precise passing and exquisite group coordination made it almost impossible for the Polish team to find the north. The Portuguese narrator passionately explained: "Beautiful, beautiful. Today Portugal played their best football, dazzling art football. This Portugal is the Portugal that we have pinned our hopes on to win the championship. The Poles looked so clumsy in front of such Portugal that it was only a matter of time before we were ahead. ”

And the truth was just as the commentator said, in the 14th minute of the first half. The duo of Rui Costa and Lao Lei worked well in this game, and they combined to block the Poles' attacking penetration. And the tall Polish team, who don't know what to do, seems to be dead determined to compete with Portugal in terms of footwork, Engel's thoughts are incomprehensible. Poland, who don't attack Portugal with their best aerial balls, simply have no way to penetrate the edge of the penalty area.

Their first half so far has been spent in a back-and-forth rush of Portuguese players, leaving Poland struggling to chase the deft Portuguese. At this time, the Portuguese players also strictly adhered to Oliveira's arrangement, and tried to consume the physical strength of the Polish team as much as possible. By the 14th minute, the Polish players had slowed down and they needed to breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Lao Lei once again worked with Rui Costa in the midfield to cut off the ball at the feet of the Polish attacking player. After breaking the ball, Lao Lei and Rui Costa passed the ball in succession, helping Lao Lei completely get rid of the entanglement of Polish players. Lao Lei rushed to the Polish half with the ball at high speed, and in the front court he made a small triangular pass with Figo and Conceição, and the last pass was picked by Lao Lei to the turn forward of Conseição.

After winning the ball, Conceição quickly stepped forward to the edge of the box. At this time, he keenly observed the gap on the left side of the penalty area, and it was directly a pick-up pass over the top. At this time, Pauletta continued the good form of the last game, quickly inserting and receiving the ball. In the face of Poland's No. 6 defender Hayi's defence, he appeared calm, first feinted to the left, then flicked the ball to the right to dodge the angle of the shot, and then immediately shot hard. Poland's goalkeeper Dudek struggled to save sideways, but the ball was too fast and the ball grazed the right post and into the net. Portugal, who dominated the first half, finally turned the advantage into a scoring advantage, leading Poland 1-0.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！ Pauletta! Beautiful volley, Dudek doesn't have the slightest solution! The series of quick and concise transmissions that preceded the goal from the break of the ball were extremely ornamental, full of beauty and artistic feeling. It's like a beautiful work of art, intoxicating. Poland's defense is useless, this is the Portugal we are familiar with, the European samba. It was a goal that kept the Portuguese commentator popping words of praise out of his mouth, and as a veteran football fan, he was about to enjoy it.

This goal gave the Portuguese players who were in good form in this game a big boost of confidence. They gathered to celebrate, all with big smiles on their faces, and the dark clouds that hung over Portugal began to dissipate. The Portuguese fans in the stands began to sing, and the team's performance so far made them excited and proud. They let go of their worries about the team and enjoyed the beautiful football that their team played, because in their hearts the game was won and lost, so Portugal were invincible.

Oliveira on the sidelines waved his fists excitedly in celebration, and his change of formation has been remarkably successful so far. Portugal are now the same team as they were when they played the United States for the first time. The Poles, on the other hand, were frustrated with weakness, not inactive, but in effect they did not play a role. This kind of situation will make anyone unconsciously frustrated. Engel's face had turned blue at this time, and he stood on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, without saying a word.

After the resumption of the game, Portugal, whose self-confidence had improved, played calmly and was not in a hurry to extend the score advantage. They are still mainly in control of the ball to drain Poland's physical strength, which is the strategic plan formulated by Oliveira in this game. The time of the first half was passed in Portugal's possession of the ball, accompanied by Poland's declining physical strength.

Portugal had a relaxed smile on their faces as they walked into the tunnel, while Poland had a frustrated, tired face. As the Portuguese commentator said: "The actual advantage Portugal got in the first half was much greater than a goal lead. ”

The story of the second half did not surprise everyone, and developed according to the script in everyone's hearts, or even more exciting. Portugal, which became more and more confident in the second half, continued to torment the Polish players physically and mentally with their beautiful football. In the 55th minute of the second half, Poland's physical strength finally went into trouble, and despite Engel's timely substitutions, he could not prevent Poland from losing the situation.

In the 60th minute, Portugal doubled the lead again. Portugal instigated the attack on the right, and Rui Costa won the ball near the centre circle and passed straight to Joao in the middle. Joao kept knocking the ball back to Lao Lei, who also kept the ball and passed diagonally to Figo on the left side. Figo went straight down and then broke through Harbour's defense near the baseline and knocked back into the middle. Pauletta's timely follow-up shot broke through Dudek's ten-finger barrier again. 2:0, Portugal extended its lead.

And this was only the beginning of Portugal's offensive frenzy. In the 65th minute, Lao Lei successfully counter-attacked directly in the front, and then immediately passed to Rui Costa next to him. At this time, Rui Costa once again showed his unique skills, and a straight plug directly penetrated the Polish defense. Pauleta, who had already scored twice in this game, got the ball in the penalty area, first flicked to the right to make a feint to shoot, then dropped his right foot and then buckled to the left, followed by a powerful low flat ball with his left foot. Dudek blocked it with his own foot, but the force of the football was too great to change the course of progress, and the ball flew into the goal again. 3:0, Pauletta hat-trick.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Hat-trick! Hat trick!! Pauletta's gun was so hot that he became the second player to score a hat-trick at the World Cup. We won this game, there will be no more surprises, Poland has been plugged by us. ”

The goal killed the suspense of the game, and Portugal won the victory without blood, but the game was not over. Oliveira seems to want to build confidence with Poland and has no intention of making substitutions to stop the team.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, but the passion of the fans is indeed getting stronger and stronger. In the 75th minute of the match, Portugal went ahead again, this time with Rui Costa. After continuously hitting the wall with Lao Lei in the middle and breaking through the Polish defense, he distributed the football to Lao Lei who was pulled to the side, and then went straight into the penalty area himself. Old Ray understood that he swept a low ball directly into the box, and Rui Costa in the middle shook off the Polish defenders with his speed, and a falling tackle broke the Polish door again. The score became 4-0 and Rui Costa, who was in a slump in form in the last game, proved himself in this game.

In the 80th minute, Lao Lei, Rui Costa and Figo played a juggling small range in the front court. The most rearly old man went straight to Sefigo and created a one-on-one chance. Figo volleyed vigorously, and seemed to vent all the frustration of the past few days on this shot, 5:0, Figo also opened his beard. Figo's face also showed a smile that he hadn't seen in a long time.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Another goal, Reima's through ball, Figo's goal!! This is Rui Costa at its best! This is the best Figo!! This is the best of the Raimaya!! This is Portugal at its best!!! European Samba Dancing in the Rain!!!! ”

Oliveira finally gave up at this time, replacing Rui Costa, Joao and Figo in succession, and they were greeted by the warm applause of the Portuguese fans.

The score of 5:0 remained until the end. Portugal won a big victory, but compared to the excitement of his teammates and coaches, Lao Lei was not so excited. Winning Poland like today does not have much sense of accomplishment for Lao Lei.

At this time, he suddenly thought of South Korea, the last opponent in the group stage.

For this opponent, Lao Lei has been looking forward to it for a long time.