"Revitalization" Portugal is still inseparable from Ronaldo, and Conceição has completed the bloodline redemption

Yingxian said

2024-06-19 05:05Published in Zhejiang

A tough and fun game, Portugal showed the quality and tactical quality that a strong team should have. And Conceição, who is 17 years younger than Ronaldo, the son of the former Portuguese celebrity, decided the game, which made Portugal's start full of a sense of fate.

In fact, it must be said before the start of this game - as long as Cristiano Ronaldo plays, he will already change history - the first player in history to play in the European Championship six times, the most games in the game, the most goalscorer, these records must be great.

However, records and figures represent history only. What really caught the eye of Portugal in this game was that they played the most layered and varied tactical system in this tournament -

The fixed version is: the three central defenders from right to left, Ruben Dias, Pepe and Nunomendes, Vitinha in the single midfield, Joao Cancelo and Dalot on the wings, B and B Fee as the two forward midfielders, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leao in the attack.

When the ball was initiated, in addition to the three central defenders, Cancelo tightened inward and Vitinha and B Fee formed a three-man midfield, Leao and Dalot were separated on the wings, B was a free man in the front, and Ronaldo stayed alone in the front line.

As for the defense, Diogo Dalot and Cancelo on the wings returned to the left and right flanks respectively, and the formation of the back five + 3 midfield was also impenetrable.

It can be said that it is a formation of 352 to 3331 to 532 (◐‿◑), in which the four people of B seat, B fee, Leon and Cancelo have obvious position rotation and exchange of positions with each other. On many occasions, Mendes also provided assists from the left flank, which allowed Portugal to form a group of seven in midfield, with a clear numerical advantage.

The complexity of this tactical system is really eye-opening.

I probably guess that Portugal is very likely to switch their tactical system depending on the formation of different opponents in this tournament - the Czech team's 352 formation originally had a numerical advantage in the midfield, and it was completely controlled by Portugal - they have a great advantage in possession and the number of people in the unit space, rich cross-switching and significantly higher than the opponent's foot technology, which also makes the Czech team at a loss, and when they finally break the ball and try to launch a counterattack, once they are cut off by Portugal, they are "counter-counterattacked" The risks and threats are greater.

As for Portugal's tactical design, I think it is acceptable - but what is unacceptable is the situation of the game that has been "blossoming for a long time" - if you have to find the reason, it can probably be said that the Czech Republic is not a rookie opponent, right? Unfortunately, in the second half, the Czechs took the lead with their first shot on target in the 59th minute, after a more aggressive game strategy and formation.

Martinez rushed to replace Rafael Leao and a slightly lackluster Diogo Dalot, Jota and Inacio came on, and on 69 minutes, Portugal led to Hlanaki's own goal thanks to Mendes' header at the back of the net – a false alarm that allowed Portugal to continue their interesting tactical experiments.

Inácio's appearance was not actually conservative, but another whole work of Martinez: freeing Mendes, who was in excellent form in this game, to play the role of left wing-back. Portugal almost decided the game in the 86th minute: Cancelo crossed, Ronaldo's header hit the post, and the rebound ball was scored by Jota! It's a pity that Ronaldo was judged offside by VAR when he stepped forward.

At the last moment, Martinez made a desperate substitution of three people, Neto, Semedo and Conceição came on, and the Portuguese formation officially became 433 - as a result, in less than 2 minutes, the combination of Neto and Conceição really overtook the score for Portugal.

Summing up the game, my personal feeling is that Ronaldo's form and ability are still on the line (at least better than I expected), and Portugal is really difficult to make him a substitute (◐‿◑), and this problem should continue.

And after a whole "tactical overhaul", Portugal, which has the advantage, can be said to have won the victory it deserves. Despite the ups and downs, I would like to give a thumbs up to Portugal's interesting tactical changes in today's game – after all, it's Euro Championship at 5am, and it's really easy to fall asleep ^_^ without some fresh football

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