At this time, the first half of Portugal's match against Spain had been played for 20 minutes, and the first 20 minutes of the game were still in line with the public's expectations. From the very beginning of the game, the two teams tried to master the rhythm of the midfield and the game, and fought in the midfield.

Coincidentally, the head coaches of the two sides are very close in terms of tactical arrangement, and they both coincidentally choose to press in the high position. They all try to disrupt the opponent's passing rhythm from the back and do not give the opponent a chance to stabilize and control the ball. In the first 20 minutes, with both sides being fit, the two sides played evenly matched. The conversion of possession was fast, and the possession on both sides was five to five.

Spain played a 4-4-1-1 formation in this game, with Belleron and Morientes playing as a single midfielder and a single striker. Camacho's idea of setting up this formation was to control the ball and then look for opportunities to play behind the Portuguese defender, and Belleron's pass combined with Morentes' speed and explosiveness was the killer combination he created for Spain in this game. The advantage of this formation is that there is a numerical advantage in the midfield, or this is used to offset Lao Lei's running ability in the midfield.

The first 20 minutes are undoubtedly good, and the advantage of numbers is not weaker than Portugal's own skills of the Spanish players. Ray's aggressive running in these 20 minutes has not had the obvious effect of the previous games. After all, there is a truth in football: no matter how fast you run, you can't outrun football. In front of the skillful pass of the Spanish player, Lao Lei's interception in the midfield did not have the feeling of being handy in the previous games.

In addition to this hand. Camacho also set up a duo of Enrique and Helgra in midfield for Lao Lei, with the two attacking forwards. One is a versatile midfielder with good defensive ability. Such a configuration is aimed at Lao Lei's ability to dribble and protect the ball is not good. The care of the two people is enough to limit Lao Lei's forward insertion. I have to say that Camacho really put a lot of effort into Lao Lei and thought of everything he could think.

On the Portuguese side, after Lao Lei was greatly restricted by Spain, he naturally sprinkled all his anger on Beleron. For the slightly weaker Belleron, Lao Lei followed Oliveira's instructions, what he didn't say was to squeeze, lean, and pull, anyway, he didn't let you get the ball comfortably. Catch. During this time, Portugal's defensive formation was well maintained and Belleron did not find space to play his magical passes.

Both sides have a very detailed arrangement in the middle lane. Make the opponent play hard. Both sides invariably aimed at the two flanks, avoiding the middle of the opponent's heavy defense. Although the fans in the stands did not see the gorgeous and artistic gorgeous ball control and attack in the middle, they saw the speed of the two sides fighting on the side and galloping.

On the Spanish side, it is undoubtedly the 21-year-old young player Joaquín who is the most active. It can be seen that Camacho has given him great tactical support in this game, and his right side has become the main point of attack for Spain at this time. Simple and practical movements, elegant dribbles on the right flank caused Jorge a lot of problems, because Lao Lei had to take care of Belleron, and it was Bento's support that kept Joaquin's attack down.

Both sides in the first 20 minutes. A total of 5 shots were made, two for Spain and three for Portugal. However, it didn't cause much trouble for Baia and Casillas. The defence of both sides has done well during this period and there have been no mistakes. Restrictions on the other party's threats are successful.

However, it was more of a mutual probing phase, and after 20 minutes, both sides stepped up their attacks. Spain was the first to attack, but Joaquín on the right completely brought up the speed this time. Continuous high-speed changes of direction made Bento and Jorge embarrassed. After coming to the bottom line. Joaquin made a cross that drew his foot up to block it. Suddenly, he came and a man passed by. With a flick of his left foot, the ball passed through the gap between Bento and Jorge, and he himself accelerated to overtake Jorge from the outside lane.

If he was wiped out by Joaquín now, he would be able to enter the restricted area directly. In desperation, Jorge chose a tactical foul and knocked down Joaquín who was speeding up. Spain won a dangerous free-kick near the baseline, with Hierro and Luis Enrique both battling it out in the box, both of whom had a great header. When arranging the defense of free-kicks, Oliveira also focused on explaining these two to his Portuguese teammates.

Although one is in the midfield and the other in the midfield, both have a strong ability to score goals. Enrique has made 69 appearances for Barcelona and has scored 35 goals. Hierro, on the other hand, once played a ridiculous 21 goals in a season in the midfield position, becoming the Silver Boot of La Liga that year, and he is now the third highest scorer in the history of the Spanish national team. I don't know how many forwards of the same era as him feel shameless to face Jiangdong's father. The two plus Morientes, Portugal's penalty area suddenly felt like a soldier.

Old Ray came to Hierro's side to defend the two-player, iron-blooded captain of Spain and Real Madrid. For the 34-year-old player, Lao Lei didn't pay much attention to it. Although Oliveira has repeatedly emphasized the role and ability of Hierro in his usual training, as a strong guy who has just turned 20 years old, Lao Lei instinctively despises the "old" Hierro, which is called boxing fear of being young and strong in China. In Lao Lei's heart, this is just a veteran who is about to say goodbye to his football career. But in the end, it is better to be famous than to meet, Hierro, the old ginger, explained to Lao Lei what ginger is still old and spicy.

Hierro did not stand in the center of the most crowded penalty area, but took Lao Lei to the edge of the penalty area. After Belleron's free-kick was issued, Hierro suddenly accelerated to the back post. Lao Lei, who was a little loose in spirit, was a step slower, but after all, he was young, gritted his teeth and kept up with Hierro, and blocked Hierro's route with his body, squeezing him out. However, the confrontation with Hierro's body was not as easy as Lao Lei imagined, and Hierro kept his body very well. And it just so happened that Belleron's goal was also looking for Hierro, and seeing that he was going to take a step slower, Lao Lei gritted his teeth and forcibly jumped up. Fight with Hierro in the air.

Since the two people were close together, there was a bang. The heads of the two men collided together, but Hierro was the first to touch the football. But fortunately, under the close guidance of Lao Lei. Hierro was obstructed, the ball was held high, otherwise Beyer would probably be powerless at such a close distance. In fact, Lao Lei still played a bad game in this aerial battle, because the place where he jumped was far away from the ball, so it was not so much that he wanted to compete for the top football, but that he was trying to put his head between Hierro's head and the football. Lao Lei hopes that this can make Hierro subconsciously protect himself, so as to sabotage the Spanish free-kick.

Of course, the results told him that Hierro had no intention of staying at all. This Predator Captain. He didn't get older, but there was the slightest change in his personality and style of play. As a result, both Lao Lei and Hierro sat on the pitch with their heads covered. Rubbing his head, Lao Lei glanced at Hierro who was next to him, although his facial expression was painful, but in his eyes Lao Lei saw that he didn't care. Although this was just a small incident, Lao Lei changed his attitude towards Hierro, and he suddenly had respect for this veteran Lao Lei. This is an old fighter, not an old player who is about to retire.

One way or another. This time, Spain's free-kick attack still shocked the Portuguese fans in a cold sweat. Not to be outdone, Portugal in turn launched an attack, once again exerting their power in the trio of Lao Lei, Rui Costa and Figo on the left, and Figo created a chance to face Spanish defender Garcia alone with a small and delicate combination. It's hard to get a one-on-one chance for a superstar like Figo. So this time Figo missed this opportunity. Facing Garcia, Figo made a sharp stop and flicked his right foot past Garcia. It is necessary to cut inward.

At this time, Spain's No. 20 Nadal. A vicious tackle brought down Figo. Figo fell to the grass in pain, clutching his right calf and rolling. This defensive move is too big. There is a meaning of going at people, and there is a more warning meaning in it than foul play - be honest in front of me. In the previous game, although the two sides fouled each other, they were still relatively restrained, and this defensive action directly increased several levels from the previous level. Referee Handour only gave a free kick and did not give a yellow card.

This caused the Portuguese players to be very dissatisfied, and surrounded Handour to complain, believing that it was definitely a foul worthy of a yellow card. The excited Lao Lei directly found Nadal's theory, which is like this Nadal's response is the same as Lao Lei, ignoring you at all, and his expression is full of provocation. Lao Lei came back to his senses all of a sudden, knowing the veteran's purpose and stirring up the emotions of the Portuguese players. Lao Lei met his peers.

Now that he knew the truth, Lao Lei immediately turned around and stopped talking. And Nadal, who was watching him behind him, showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes, in fact, Lao Lei didn't know that this was also Camacho's order, and he had to provoke his emotions when he had the opportunity. Through the previous games, Camacho believes that Lao Lei is a young player with a lot of mood swings, and should belong to the more impulsive type, like to stand up for his teammates. So he had instructions to some experienced veteran players in his team, and if he had the opportunity, he would "take care of Lao Lei", and it was best to let Lao Lei go.

Nadal happens to be a veteran of this field, and when he was still in Barcelona, he was a defensive gatekeeper known for his big action and ferocity. He also happened to be the main force in the implementation of Camacho's plan, but the effect of stimulating Lao Lei for the first time was not very good. This made Nadal a little suspicious of Camacho's arrangement, and in his opinion, the old ray was still a very restrained young man, and he quickly calmed down.

How did he know that Lao Lei was not calm, since he knew what the other party was doing, he naturally couldn't follow the other party's ideas, but had to hold back his strength to find it back in other places. Lao Lei, who turned his anger into brain power, was trying to call the bad water in his stomach, thinking of some idea of revenge.

Fortunately, Figo didn't have any problems, but he was bruised, and the pain at that time was healed. It was Portugal's turn to deal with a dangerous free-kick, 23 metres from goal, which could be played and crossed.

The game has been played for 27 minutes and the score is still 0:0. I wonder if this free-kick will allow Portugal to break the deadlock? (To be continued......)