"Friends, spectators, friends, spectators, the 2016 European Cup final is about to start at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis! This will be another world series final hosted by this stadium after the 1998 World Cup final!"
"This is the most requested game next year. The two teams that are missing each other are the Portuguese team led by Cristiano Ronaldo and the Swedish team led by Ibrahimovic."
"If someone had told me before the game that the two teams participating in the final were against them, I would have thought he was crazy."
"The Swedish team has the lowest odds of winning, only higher than Albania and Slovakia. Although Portugal is more optimistic, there are Germany, Spain, France, and Italy ahead of them.
, Belgium, England...and other traditional strong teams."
"But no, both teams have gone through a lot of hardships to get there! Especially Pan Yi's Sweden, they entered the final after defeating five of the six teams that failed to win the championship!"
"There is the English team, and the Swedish team has no chance to meet. But considering that England even lost to Iceland... forget it. And if Sweden can beat Portugal tomorrow, will they defeat the sixth favorite team to win the championship!"
"Now they can see the starting lineups and tactical formations of both sides in the center of the screen. In that game, Portugal still used the -2 tactics they used when they missed Wales in the semifinals."
"The goalkeeper is Patricio from Sporting CP. That steady goalkeeper is the key to Portugal entering the final. He is very hopeful to win the best goalkeeper of this cup."
"The defense comes from Southampton's Cedric and Fonte, Real Madrid's Pepe, and Guerrero, who was just signed by Dortmund a few days ago. It is worth mentioning that the left back Guerrero has performed very well recently.
Precisely because of his and Cancelo's presence, Coentrao, the original main left back, was not even selected for this national team."
"The deep-lying midfielder in the midfield is William Carvalho of Sporting CP. In front of him, Joao Mario, also of Sporting CP, is on the left, and Renato Sanches, who has just joined Bayern Munich, is on the right.
Seven-time champion Chelsea's main player Bernardo Silva is in the middle, and those four people form Portugal's four-midfield configuration."
"On the front line, two former Manchester United stars are starting the starting lineup! Cristiano Ronaldo, the current top star of Real Madrid, and Nani, who is already at Fenbahçe in Turkey. Is that considered a... one high and one fast combination? Okay, two
It’s all very fast.”
"As for the Swedish team, Pan Yi finally didn't surprise them that time! That should be a standard formation."
"Goalkeeper Isaksson, the defense line is Augustinsson, Lindelof, Granqvist, Lustig. It seems that these two full-backs have gained Pan Yi's trust more and gradually replaced them.
The original positions of Olsson and Johansson were in the starting lineup of the final."
"In addition, is Sebastian Larsson, the main right back who served as the switch in the semi-finals, standing in the midfield position today? Well, that is a bit surprising.
His midfield partner is the defensive Weinblum and the offensive Forsberg. That is different from the previous combination... We will see what changes happen during the game."
"The front trident has not changed. The combination of Ibrahimovic + Isaac + Guideti is already very skilled. All three of them can play center, and their cross-positioning is also very flexible."
"In a game against France, the Swedish team performed very solidly, especially in defense. But in that game, Portugal had the most terrifying shooter in the world-Cristiano Ronaldo! Will the Swedish team's defense be wrong?
A big test.”
"Of course, the same goes for Portugal. They defeated Croatia, Poland and Wales on the way to promotion. Although there were superstar players in those teams, the overall strength was not particularly strong after all."
"Now, Sweden, which is facing Pan Yi, has Ibrahimovic. It depends on whether Portugal can withstand the attack of the wrong leg!"
At that time, the live TV camera went to the sidelines. It first found Portugal's head coach Santos, and then stopped at Pan Yi's body. Then it was fixed on Pan Yi's handsome face.
That has almost become a "hidden rule" in broadcasting in recent years.
In games where Pan Yi leads the team, the director will intentionally or unintentionally give more of the camera to Pan Yi.
It is said that this can significantly increase the proportion of female viewers in the game's ratings...
Then, the advertisements inserted during the game will also achieve better results.
As we all know, women’s consumption level ranks first among all groups of people.
Then in order, children, the elderly, pets... and men.
"Okay, please wipe your saliva from the audience who are admiring Pan Yi's beauty, calm down, and return to the sidelines. The game will begin soon, let them enjoy the top European football feast together.
!”
As soon as the on-site commentator finished shouting, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.
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Portugal, who took the first kick off, seemed very proactive.
As soon as they kicked off the ball, they quickly turned the ball east from Sanches' feet and immediately passed it to the left to Guerrero. Portugal's left wing immediately formed a rapid dribbling on the left and cut into the Swedish team.
's backcourt.
The Swedish team stood ready and began to defend.
In the defensive system that Pan Yi developed for the Swedish team, the defense of the wings is mostly done by the midfielders and full-backs, using the squeeze method to squeeze the ball holders to the wings.
Others will occupy their own positions and defend other players.
On the one hand, Pan Yifou introduced the Italian chain defense concept and method.
That special zone defense was popular in Sacchi's Milan around the 1990s. The team's overall movement was interlocked, and the defensive formation was like two chains. At that time, foreign broadcasts of Serie A had just begun. Seeing such a defensive system, the chain
The word "defense" jumped out at me.
Of course, whether Italians attach great importance to defense from the bottom of their hearts may have something to do with their traditional culture, and if Pan Yi used one of these concepts, then it would not be "good".
That is to use the wrong signal to expand the space of the attacking legs, the left back participates in the attack, quickly switches from defense to offense, pursues vertical strikes, and passes the ball to the penalty area in the most efficient way.
At that time, Facchetti, who was a forward, switched to left back. A generation of great Italian left backs began. The tradition began. Later, there was the "great Italian left back. He inherited the glorious tradition of Italy! Facchetti, Ca
Brini, Maldini's soul possessed him at that moment!..."
That's why Italy's left-backs are better than right-backs and are much more famous.
And in the current Swedish team, why didn't Pan Yi use the full-back combination of Augustinsson and Lustig before?
Is it because one side is offensive and the other is defensive, which fits well with Italy's well-known chain defense system.
In an original system like this, the existence of "stirring by people" is very important.
There are no free agents in the Swedish team, but Pan Yi has set up a double midfielder, allowing the midfielders to help with wing defense.
Is this because in the middle of the midfield, the positions of the players can be connected with each other, that is to say, some players are currently grabbing the four-man team, and once the ball holder passes the ball back, he can immediately
Or if you run two steps behind you, you can become another back-up defender of the four-man team, or they are related to each other.
Can it go to the side? Due to the restrictions of the side line, the angle and position of the side cannot flow like the center. Therefore, Pan Yi uses some concepts of chain defense to let the midfielder assist the defense of the side.
Just like that time, when Portugal's attack started from their left back Guerrero, Sebastian Larsson, who was standing on the right side of the midfielder, would help Lustig defend.
.
That's why Pan Yi put Larson in the starting lineup tomorrow and played in the midfielder position!
Since he can play on the right wing, there will be no discomfort in supporting him on the wing.
In other words, although he will no longer press the conversion button today, he still needs it very much!
His presence not only allows the Swedish team to realize part of the Italian chain defense, but sometimes when the defense is tight, he can also be fixed at the right back position, while Lustig will be outside the central defender, which will form a
Defensive positioning of 5 defenders.
In short, is this another "renovated" formation that Pan Yi obtained after studying Portugal's playing style!
Now, Larson and Lustig are together, and the two of them attack Guerrero at the same time, forcing Guerrero to pass the ball back.
After Guerrero passed the ball back to his back line, Pepe immediately passed the ball to Seat B, who was already in position when Larsson forced Guerrero.
As soon as he got the ball, Weinblum, who was around the B seat, immediately followed him, while Forsberg and Larsson also attacked from both sides, and Lindelof was preparing to defend behind.
The Swedish team originally wanted to complete the fan-shaped defensive arrangement targeting Seat B, but it was set up a bit too slowly. Seat B had a very keen sense of smell and immediately passed the ball out as soon as it realized something was good.
I saw Sanches coming in from behind and fired an angry shot at the ball coming from seat B, but the ball missed!
"Portugal actively attacked the Swedish team's defense after the start. Santos' remarks before the game were indeed correct. He set up his posture at the beginning of the game and launched a crazy attack against the Swedish team's defense.
, I hope I can score the goal first.”
When the on-site commentator was talking, Arteta also frowned and turned his head to Pan Yi and whispered: "Boss, he feels that their defense has some loopholes, otherwise the Portuguese would not have a chance to shoot.
"
Scaloni said: "Although they trained a lot in those days, the atmosphere and rhythm of the game were not the same. He thought it would be fine once he got used to it."
Pan Yi nodded slightly.
What they both said was wrong.
Training and official competition are completely different.
Pan Yi's set of Italian chain + fan defense, although the Swedish team has been running in for many days and the effect is very good, it has never been completed in training.
No matter how intense the training is, it can never be compared with the competition. Regardless of the pressure, speed, rhythm, and transition, the requirements of the official competition will be higher than those of training.
Including the tension on the scene and the noise made by the fans at the scene will stimulate the players' adrenaline, which will also affect their performance.
Therefore, it may take some time to adapt, but if you can withstand Portugal's opening few attacks, there will basically be no problem.
Soon, Isaac released the goal kick and Ibrahimovic grabbed the first point in front, but Portugal's defense was very smart and directly controlled the second point. William Carvalho kicked the ball back to Fonte.
The latter was quickly transferred to Cedric.
Santos made adjustments to the lineup during the group stage, and a big change was the liberation of full-backs.
Guerrero on the left, including Cedric on the right to replace Vierinha, did not actively participate in the attack.
Cedric, a full-back who later played for wealthy teams like Inter Milan and Arsenal, had a very good assist ability.
That time, after receiving a pass from Fonte, he immediately dribbled the ball forward to attract the Swedish team's defensive attention.
"They can see that the Swedish team's defense tomorrow is a bit deep. Cedric got the ball in the middle line, and the misplaced winger Isaac didn't grab it immediately."
"Obviously, this is the opening defensive strategy formulated by Pan Yi for the Swedish team. They do not want to expand the defensive area, but shrink the defense and compress the area in front of their own goal."
"Perhaps Pan Yi wanted to use this method to compress the Portuguese players' space for movement as much as possible, especially to make it difficult for the forwards to run against the extremely fast Ronaldo and Nani."
When he said that, the on-site commentator suddenly laughed:
"It seems that Santos's tricks before the game are useless. Pan Yi has always played in his own way, and he has never been able to play tricks with his wrong legs."
Sure enough, as soon as Cedric advanced to about 40 meters away from the Swedish team's goal, Isaac began to actively apply pressure, and Forsberg behind him was also ready to attack at the first time.
When Cedric was under pressure and passed the ball across to seat B, Forsberg would have pressed forward immediately. Isaac and Guidetti were on the left and right to provide support, and Weinblum was
Whether to help defend behind them.
That time, the four players switched quickly. As soon as Seat B got the ball, Forsberg pressed in, forming a siege.
Currently, the Portuguese team's core midfielder is in the B seat, so the Swedish team must guard against him and cut off his connection with the striker!
There was no way, Seat B saw that the passing route in front was blocked and blocked, and had to knock the ball back to William Carvalho behind him, but Ibrahimovic also pressed forward immediately.
, will William Carvalho be able to knock back again?
As soon as the ball left the Swedish team's threat area, the Swedish players' pressing and defensive efforts weakened, allowing the wrong leg to be passed back and forth in the backcourt.
So, in the first ten minutes or so, Portugal's two forwards didn't even touch the ball a few times.
After Ronaldo sprinted several times to catch the ball but failed, he was obviously a little impatient, which also made the Portuguese coaching staff watching the game a little depressed.
"That's not wrong!" Assistant coach Valle said, "Does Sweden want to defend to the death? They are wrong about France, and Spain is not like that, right?"
During that period of time, Sweden's defense was very tight. No matter which Portuguese player got the ball, there were several players surrounding it, which made the scene particularly tense.
In those ten minutes, neither side organized any effective offensive, and it looked like Portugal, which had the advantage, could not successfully send the ball into the Swedish team's penalty area.
They can control the ball near the midline, and often pass back when they are under pressure. Of course, it is difficult to create a threat.
"In the final, even Pan Yi has become very cautious!" Santos shook his head and laughed, "But he can't really keep going east, right? Want to take a penalty kick with them?"
Portugal's ball possession rate is very high because from the opening to the present, the Swedish team is almost not defending, while Portugal is attacking with the ball.
But this kind of control rate is ineffective, because it cannot penetrate into the threat area, which means that it cannot create a threat.
The difference in the number of shots between Portugal and Sweden was 1:0. Neither team had a shot on target. It can be seen how stalemate the situation was and the game looked a bit ugly.
"They can't keep the ball on the outside, they have to push it in!" Valle said.
Santos himself knows this very well. If the ball cannot be advanced to the threatening area, then their ball control will become meaningless.
Is it clear that the Swedish team's defense is already in full swing, and Portugal must find a way as soon as possible.
"Let them go more wide, speed up, don't stick to the ball, and pass the ball concisely to advance! Use speed to tear apart the Swedish team's defense from the side, and then insert back to look for opportunities!" Santos made a prompt decision.
Valle nodded, and Ma Zai went to the sidelines to inform his players.
From the offense and defense in the opening period, we can see whether the Swedish team's defensive system is very good, but it is somewhat complicated.
Whether it is a four-person organization or switching between offense and defense, it takes time to adapt, especially the transition from the wing to the center.
It is obvious that the Swedish team's offensive and defensive transitions on the wing are not very smooth, or it can be said that they are quickly getting used to and familiar with it.
In that case, once Portugal comes slowly, it means giving the Swedish team time to adjust and become familiar.
Once they are formed, it will be difficult for Coco to break through.
Who would be wrong about not being afraid of Italy's chain defense? What's more, it is a version that has been improved by Pan Yi and is in line with the capabilities and characteristics of Swedish players.
So Santos said please fight faster.
Because as soon as the speed increases, the problems that were not exposed in Sweden will be exposed in front of the Portuguese team.
This is also a strong performance that Santos can lead the Portuguese team to the final.
As a veteran coach, he is a father-like head coach, like a humble parent. Together with Ronaldo, he led a wave of players who were not particularly awesome and played the best role in the history of the Portuguese national team.
One of the manifestations.
Many people believe that it was because he stabilized the locker room and allowed the Portuguese players to unite around Ronaldo that they unleashed their potential.
But in fact, as an old coach in his sixties, he definitely has a tactical sense and acumen that is unmatched by anyone.
At least he was able to make a prompt and decisive response after learning about the Swedish team's strategy, which already shows his ability!——
Soon after the adjustment, the Portuguese team organized another attack.
Guerrero advanced with the ball from the left again. This time he attracted the defensive attention of two players and quickly passed the ball diagonally to Sanches behind him, who then passed it across to seat B.
Seat B didn't make any adjustments after receiving the ball. He hit the ball with an overhead through ball and passed it to the right side of the Swedish team's penalty area. Nani suddenly made a pass from behind Granqvist.
Go ahead and get the ball before everyone else.
That guy was also very smart in playing football. He knew that both Granqvist and Augustinsson were chasing after them desperately. If they took the ball and rushed forward at that time, they would definitely be blocked in front of the baseline.
So that time he didn't continue forward, but at the moment he got the ball, he suddenly stopped, turned around, took a step back, waited until the player behind him came, and made a cross pass!
Regardless of whether Nani is currently playing in the Turkish League, he is very outstanding in speed, ball control, and dribbling skills, otherwise he would not have played for Manchester United for a long time.
His choice that time was also very correct.
If he doesn't stop suddenly and continues to drive to the bottom line, Nani will be directly trapped near the bottom line of the penalty area by Granqvist and Augustinsson. Not to mention whether he can pass the ball, the best and most ideal way is to kick the ball.
When the defensive player is there, take a corner kick.
But his sudden stop completely disrupted the defense of Granqvist and Augustinsson.
When the two flew to intercept, they did not expect that the nimble Nani would suddenly stop. Yi Dongzi was caught off guard. Although he blocked the position between Nani and the goal, it also revealed his fatal
of flaws.
Nani's cross was not affected at all, and even Isaksson was taken aback by the sudden change.
The Swedish goalkeeper reacted immediately, but Ronaldo had already intervened from behind, near the penalty spot, and fired directly into Nani's cross.
That can be said to be a powerful shot that is a trademark of Cristiano Ronaldo.
The ball sticks to the surface of the turf, crosses the goal line at lightning speed, and goes straight into the bottom of the goal net.
Although Isaacson had the fastest reaction and made a flying rescue action, he was still unable to prevent the ball from entering the net.
"The ball is in!!!!!!"
"In the 20th minute of the half, Portugal's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo finally knocked on the Swedish team's goal with a powerful shot. Portugal took the lead 1:0!"
"In fact, during those 20 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo's performance was very difficult. He had almost no chance to touch the ball in the frontcourt, and several direct confrontations with Swedish defenders also ended in failure."
"It can be seen that Ronaldo's physical condition and competitive condition are not at their best. But if Ronaldo is not Ronaldo, he can appear in the right place in time and send the ball into the wrong goal!"
After Ronaldo scored with a volley, he excitedly rushed out of the penalty area.
He first jumped up with a big stride, then waved his legs continuously before landing, then turned his mouth into a standard O shape, and then...
"SIUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!"
All the Portuguese fans in the audience also made such noises.
That goal completely ignited the passion of the fans in the stands!
The Portuguese players, Nani, Seat B, Carvalho, Sanches and other players also rushed out of the stadium one by one and gathered in the east of the stands to celebrate with Ronaldo.
"That goal was actually a bit unexpected."
"They saw just now that the situation between the two teams was very deadlocked. Suddenly, Portugal's attack suddenly opened a gap in the Swedish team's defense."
"Although in the eyes of other teams, such loopholes are not considered a threat, Portugal is keen enough to seize it and turn it into goals!"
"That illustrates the role of Portugal's striker, and it also illustrates the role of Ronaldo! What is an international superstar? An international superstar means I can't see others for the whole game, but when he appears, he will score goals!"
"The Portuguese can celebrate that goal to their heart's content... Hey, wait, something seems to have happened?"
"Cristiano Ronaldo was walking on the ground, touching his left knee, and his expression was very painful."
"Is it possible that the celebration just now was too exciting and you were injured when you landed?"
The stadium was here, and the Portuguese team doctor quickly entered the field, but after checking, he made a leg gesture towards the coaching bench to make a substitution.