50. The arrangement of the two sides before the game
At this time, the atmosphere in the St. Jacobs Park stadium was extremely heated.
This is the second time that the Portuguese national team plays in this stadium. Almost all the fans here have become fans of the Portuguese national team. Here, the Portuguese national team's games are like home games.
At this time, players from both sides were in the locker room listening to the coach's final tactical arrangements.
Terim and Scolari are two completely different types of coaches. Terim's biggest characteristic is boosting morale. This guy is simply a master of boosting morale.
Trim was boosting morale in the locker room at this time. He stared at his players closely and said: "That is to say, you have fallen in front of these media arguments, but I want to tell you, you must
Stand up. I have no intention of giving up. The word surrender has never appeared in my dictionary. As long as the referee does not blow the final whistle, you cannot give up."
"I hope all my players can have this kind of thinking. I want to tell you that we should be fearless now and don't worry too much about whether we will be eliminated. We have come back to life from the death line more than once.
, my team has told everyone how good you are."
"Although the Portuguese are the favorites to win this European Cup, they are not terrible. There are many problems in the Portuguese national team. As long as we put enough pressure on them, they will collapse. Look at our group and theirs
You will understand after the game that they are not as strong as you think, we can create a threat to them and even win!"
"When we advance, we have a new look. I call it a 'revolution'. I ask you to think about winning rather than 'not losing', so that we can surpass the achievements of the 2002 World Cup."
"Think about the Danish team in 1992 and the Greek team in 2004. They were not favored by people around the world, but they made it to the end and reached the top of Europe! Why can they do it but we can't?
What?" Trim looked around at his players, and then roared loudly, "Beat Portugal, advance to the finals, and reach the top of Europe!"
Trim was full of energy and pride, and he infected the Turkish players.
"Beat Portugal, advance to the finals, and reach the top of Europe!" All Turkish players raised their hands high and roared like fighting lions.
"Believe me, as long as we show the morale and fighting spirit of the first two games, we will definitely win this game." Trim said.
"Okay, let's go for victory! Go out and crush the Portuguese national team!" Trim waved his right fist, and the Turkish players swarmed out.
While Trim was boosting morale, Portuguese national team coach Felipe Scolari was also laying out his tactics in the locker room.
In the locker room of the Portuguese national team, Scolali stood expressionlessly among the players. He had only one requirement for this game, and that was to win.
The word "must win" is written on the tactical board of the Portuguese national team, and the players of the Portuguese national team all see it. Do they know what this lyric means? They have longed for this championship, and this European Cup
It's a very good opportunity, of course they have to win.
Suddenly, Scolari walked to the tactical board, knocked on it hard, and then said to his players: "You are professional players. Now that we have entered the semi-finals, how should we play this game?
I don’t need to say more, I just hope you can use the tactics I have laid out and win this game.”
Scolari is not a master of morale, he is a master of tactics. So, he will not give a passionate speech to Trim. He just hopes that his players can implement the tactics he arranges.
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Following the words of coach Scolari, the players of the Portuguese national team nodded, indicating that they knew what to do. At this time, the players of the Portuguese national team did not doubt Scolari at all.
Portuguese players hold a very important position in their hearts.
Even if Scolari is about to leave the Portuguese national team at this time, the players of the Portuguese national team will not doubt Scolari, except of course one person, that is Cristiano Ronaldo. However, at this time, Cristiano Ronaldo
Arnold Ronaldo did not go against everyone.
As the team's captain and defense core, Carvalho immediately stood up, raised his fists high, and roared crazily: "Move forward for the championship!"
"Go forward for the championship, go forward for the championship!" The players of the Portuguese national team stood up and shouted angrily with their fists raised high.
Carvalho's words were so powerful that the players of the Portuguese national team suddenly became excited and rushed towards the player tunnel like a bull in heat.
When they arrived at the players' tunnel, the players from the Turkish team of Star and Moon Team were already standing in the players' tunnel. Seeing the players from the Portuguese national team coming out, the players from the Turkish national team all looked at them with high fighting spirit.
The players of the Turkish national team are not timid at all at this time, they firmly believe that they can defeat the Portuguese national team.
Standing in the player tunnel is the referee of this game. The chief referee of this game is Busacca from Switzerland. This referee became an international referee in 1998. He is fluent in five languages, English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, and has won two championships.
Swiss "Golden Whistle Award".
Before this European Cup, Busaca took charge of England's 2-2 draw with Sweden in the 2006 World Cup, Argentina's 2-1 victory over Cote d'Ivoire, Spain's 4-0 victory over Ukraine, and the 2007 UEFA Cup match.
Final. In the UEFA Cup final between Sevilla and Espanyol, he sent off Spain's Moises. This penalty caused some controversy.
In this European Cup, Busaka officiated two games, when Sweden defeated Greece 2-0 and when the Netherlands defeated Romania 2-0. In the two games, he refereed a total of 54 fouls.
An average of twenty-seven times per game, which is slightly less than other games in this European Cup. This also shows that Busaca is a referee with a slightly loose standard for foul penalties. Therefore, his penalty standards are objective.
It is more advantageous for power-based teams.
However, Busaca is relatively strict in offside calls. During the match between the Netherlands and Romania, he penalized Romania for five offsides, two of which seemed too strict. This is quite disadvantageous for Turkey, which is good at countering offsides.
In this European Cup, Busaca officiated two games and only received four yellow cards and zero red cards. Moreover, there was not much controversy in these two games, which shows that Busaca's law enforcement level is extremely high, and
He prefers to let the game flow.
In recent years, Busacca has not officiated a game related to the Portuguese team. He officiated a warm-up match for Turkey in 2006, when Turkey drew 1-1 with Italy.
The referee team for this game are all from Switzerland, except for the fourth official who is from Sweden. It can be seen that UEFA still has great trust in the Swiss referee team, otherwise it would not have such an important game.
Leave it to the Swiss referee team to blow the whistle.
After seeing the players from both sides come out, the referee Busaca immediately signaled the two sides to stand up and start immediately. At this moment, the live announcer's voice calling for exit came from the loudspeaker at the scene, and Busaca immediately
Indicate the players from both sides to come out.
Only then did the players from both sides follow the referee Busacca into the court.
"Okay, the players from both sides have already entered the court, and the game is about to start. Now let me introduce to you the rosters of both sides today!" Liu Jianhong took advantage of this opportunity to introduce the rosters of both sides to the fans!
"Let's first take a look at the Portuguese national team's starting lineup. Today, Portuguese national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari arranged a 4-2-3-1 formation." Liu Jianhong said, "Ricardo is still the goalkeeper.
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"The four people in the defense are Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira. Alves returned to the bench in this game, and Bosingwa returned to the starting lineup.
Scolari changes positions very frequently in this position. Could it be that Scolari is very dissatisfied with this position?" CCTV commentator Liu Jianhong was a little surprised.
"In the double midfielder positions are Joao Moutinho and Deco." Liu Jianhong was very surprised, "Well, Veloso, who paid more attention to defense in this game, returned to the bench. Look.
Scolari wants to focus on attacking in today's game."
"The three people on the forward line are Nani, Qiu Ze and Cristiano Ronaldo." CCTV commentator Liu Jianhong said, "This is the most stable link for the Portuguese national team in this European Cup.
This lineup was used in almost every game, and in the last round of the group stage, Portugal's entire substitute lineup was not this lineup."
"The one at the front is Portuguese forward Nuno Gomez." Liu Jianhong, a famous commentator on CCTV Sports Channel, said, "This lineup is exactly the same as the lineup of the Portuguese national team against the Turkish national team in the group stage."
Scolari used the same lineup to face the Turkish national team. Could it be that the first game between the two sides gave Scolari great confidence?"
"Okay, now that we have introduced the Portuguese national team's starting lineup, let's take a look at the Czech national team's starting lineup." Liu Jianhong sorted out the information in his hand and continued.
"Today Turkey's head coach Brückner also arranged a 4-5-1 formation." Liu Jianhong, a famous CCTV reporter, said, "In the goalkeeper position, Rustu, the old goalkeeper, appeared in Turkey again.
In the starting lineup of the national team, he is the captain of the Turkish national team."
"In the four-back position, there are Sabri, Gokhan, Topal and Balta." CCTV commentator Liu Jianhong said, "This is very different from the first round match between the two sides. Al
Tentop and Servetus were replaced, and Servetus was injured and could not play."
"The five midfielders are Kazim, Altintop, Aurelio, Ackerman and Boral. It is good to be able to form such a lineup. The Turkish national team currently has a lot of injured players. Their midfielder
Generals Emre, Nihat and others are unable to play, which has a huge impact on them." CCTV commentator Liu Jianhong said.
"The center of the Turkish national team today is Senturk. This guy was originally a substitute for the Turkish national team, but their main center was injured, so he appeared in the starting lineup." CCTV commentator Liu Jianhong said.
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Yes, there are many injured players in the Turkish national team. Even the roster of sixteen players cannot be assembled. The substitute goalkeeper must be ready to play as a defender or midfielder at any time. They are really in trouble in this game.
"Flute..." The whistle sounded, and the European Cup semi-final between Portugal and Turkey began.
"CCTV, CCTV, dear viewers, the first semi-final match between Portugal and Turkey in the 2008 Swiss-Austria European Cup has begun. The one attacking from the right side of the TV screen to the left is the last runner-up Portugal team.
The opposite is the Turkish team. The Portuguese team kicked off first. Today, the Portuguese team is wearing their traditional dark red jersey, and the Czech Republic is also wearing their away white jersey." Liu Jianhong continued his mission to solve problems for fans or