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"The era of the Golden Era has passed, and Scolari really plays a good game. "Looking at the Portuguese player who was walking to the sidelines in a daze in the booing movie, George shook his head and sighed, "After this game, the only one who can still stay in the main lineup in the Golden Era will probably be left with Figo."

Although he sighed at the scene in front of him, George did not feel regretful. Perhaps the golden age of the past did make great contributions to the development and prosperity of Portuguese football, but as he grew older and his condition declined, these players became stubborn forces that hindered the progress of Portuguese football!

For example, Ronaldo, who came on as a substitute in this game and recovered points for Portugal before the end of the game, and Anderson Deco, who decided to become a Portuguese nationality under the persuasion of Scolari. In terms of ability and the state he showed this season, these players will never be worse than Quaresma and Rui Costa, and Big Phil is more willing to let Ronaldo and the main players. But what's the result? Under the strong opposition of old men such as Figo and Costa, Scolari was unable to arrange troops according to his wishes and placed the two on the bench.

Now, with Portugal losing in the opening game, the reputation of the Golden Era has been seriously damaged again. Scolari, who had been retreating to advance, has finally found an opportunity to control the locker room!

Perhaps at this moment, most people are still feeling unbelievable about Portugal's upset loss to Greece, but George clearly realized that Portugal's defeat in this game will become the turning point for these golden players to decline in the true sense!

After this defeat, the Portuguese Golden Age lost its voice in the national team almost overnight. Rui Costa and Fernando Couto, two veterans of the Golden Age, lost their main position in the national team due to the cries of the film, and Deco and Carvalho, who were excluded by them, got the opportunity to get ahead. Faced with the sudden changes in the situation and public opinion environment, Figo could only accept his fate and choose to obey Scolari's arrangements.

It can be said that this loss in the opening match may not be a bad thing for Portugal. At least, this team that has long been dominated by the Golden Generation has finally had the possibility of a renewal after losing to Greece.

George would not say that the reason why he disliked these players in the Golden Yi generation was because Ronaldo was suppressed by Figo and others in the national team. Otherwise, he would not bother to pay attention to the messy things in the Portuguese team.

At the same time, in another group match in Group A, Spain, which had half a home advantage, faced Russia, but failed to win as easily as people expected before the game. The "Lord of the Rings" Raul, who was entrusted by Spanish coach Seth, continued his bad state in Real Madrid this season, and had no aura on the court, resulting in the Bullfighters' Legion not relied on the goal of the substitute Bellon to resolve the battle until the 59th minute.

Of course, Portugal is not the only strong team that has encountered unpopularity. In the Group C round match two days later, Italy, which is regarded as the favorite to win the championship, had a white-collection match with the Denmark team at the Enrique Stadium in Guimaraes, and shook hands with a zero-to-zero score, revealing a big and unpopularity. After the game, Trapattoni's conservative and employing strategies once again attracted condemnation from the media and fans. Toti spit at Danish midfielder Paulson in the game not only caused the Prince of Rome to be suspended for three games by UEFA, but also forced Italy and Trapattoni to face the embarrassing situation of losing the core of the midfield!

As for the England team that George should pay the most attention to, he also encountered Waterloo in the group match. Facing the French team led by Zidane, Lampard headed by Beckham in the 38th minute, helping England establish a lead with a goal, and the Three Lions did maintain this advantage until the game entered injury stoppage time. However, Zidane stood up in injury stoppage time, scoring two goals through free kicks and penalty kicks, helping France reverse England at the last moment and won this strong dialogue!

"With the pursuit of the goalkeeper Gerrard's choice at the critical moment was indeed speechless." George, who witnessed England's defeat with his own eyes, felt extremely regretful. In his opinion, England had the opportunity to lock in the victory in this game in advance. Unfortunately, Beckham missed the penalty created by Rooney in the second half, and regretfully missed the best opportunity to expand the score.

The most tricky thing is that in the last minute of injury stoppage time, Gerald recklessly chose to pass the goalkeeper David James back under the pressure of a French player. As a result, the ball was intercepted by Henry in the middle, forcing James to knock Henry down in the penalty area, which gave Zidane the opportunity to score a penalty kick in the reverse score!

Fortunately, Eriksen was not criticized by the media like Trapatoni after the game, but received people's understanding and comfort. After all, the Swedish coach had done what he should have done in this game. If Gerald had not sent a fatal return pass in the last moment, England would not have been reversed by France!

Therefore, after the game, most of the firepower of the British media focused on Gerald, who made low-level mistakes, and did not criticize Erikson and other English players too much.

By the way, I mentioned here that despite George's intervention, Tottenham and many players' trajectories have been changed by George. However, in this European Cup, at least in the group round, Tottenham players generally did not get much chance to perform. Carrick, Ledley King and others sat on the bench to watch their teammates' performances. Villa and Luca Tony, who have performed well in Tottenham this season, have not even received the call order for their respective national team head coaches!

Such a situation shows that Tottenham has a long way to go if they want to become the top giants of Yi. At least before winning the top league championship or the Champions League, unless someone is talented or indispensable in the national team, it is basically difficult for Tottenham players to get the opportunity to become the main force of these football powers. On the other hand, it also disappoints players such as Villa and Tony, thinking that Tottenham has difficulty giving them room to make further progress.

Just as Villa, Tony and others were thinking about their future, two unpopular European Cups had already exploded in the group stage. The dark horses continued to play. In the second round of Group A, Greece, which defeated the host Portugal, in the Giza Stadium in Porto, tied another strong team in the same group, Spain, and temporarily ranked first in Group A with a score of four points!
Chapter completed!