Straight ball sight|Oolong helps the French team advance, even if England is a foil, they should practice shooting

Yingxian said

2024-07-02 02:05Former reporter of the International Department of Sports Weekly, senior sports creator

The first law of this tournament: the more star-studded and "likely" good looks a game, the more likely it is to be ugly.

A staggering statistic proves my point: France had 18 shots on goal before today's goal, with only two on target – reminiscent of England's outstanding performance yesterday – the quality of everyone's shots was surprisingly poor.

Like Fabi, the pair were originally one of the worst performers in this tournament. They are very jealous of each other, and for the sake of this game, they have deliberately made some redundant arrangements-

France used Antoine Griezmann to push Dembele down the right flank, which was a special arrangement (or rather a whole job). Lacking speed and occupying the right flank, the French team's attack is still not fluent - for Griezmann, with Cantrabio Tchouameni in the back, and Mbappe'o and Kounde on the left and right, what is most needed from him is actually a lethal pass.

It's a pity that he basically can't do this pass now. I think Deschamps will have to rethink the use of lattice later (in fact, I think it may be better to abandon it directly).

Belgium's formation today is something that feels new to me – with the addition of Opponda, Doku and Romelu Lukaku have better helpers up front. And Tintin's post-play arrangement is to guard against France's three major midfielders - especially N'Golo Kante (●'◡'●)

Tintin's defense of Kante, not the other way around, is an interesting part of the game.

On the surface, this match "should" be a "battle of wits" between two 91-year-old veterans - but unfortunately De Bruyne and Griezmann are no longer de facto masters of the game.

Under the French team's dominant scene, although Griezmann struggled left and right, but today Rabiot, Te'o and Kounde are very strong, plus Kante's activity, it does not appear that Griezmann is weak - so in the first half, the French team can always get peripheral long-range shooting opportunities, and the shot is also 8-1 ahead, but Tchouameni, Mbappe, Thuram and Rabiot and others are not in sight.

Although Belgium are obviously inferior, I feel that their fighting spirit and spirit are really there in this game - not only the defense is clear, but the attacking side Lukaku, Opponda and Doku have also shown their own spirit. The only thing in the squad that is a little incomprehensible is Carrasco, who has become the slowest pusher up front. Another evidence is that although the French team has the initiative, there are 3 people who eat yellow, and Rabiot is suspended in the next round, which is considered a potential risk.

In the second half, the French team continued to try, Mbappe Tchouameni Thuram and others continued to have no shots on target (I feel that everyone in the French team had poor shots in this tournament), and Muani replaced Thuram in the 61st minute, which showed that Deschamps was already dissatisfied with his performance.

In the following 25 minutes, the two sides basically continued the previous line of thought - as long as Belgium is at the back of the formation, it will be difficult for the French team to break through, and it is really difficult for everyone's shots to be high today - is there really such a thing as "adjusting the crosshairs" of shooting? On the contrary, in the 82nd minute, De Bruyne had a chance to face Maignan in the box, but unfortunately he shot too wide.

Muani finally scored in the 85th minute: in a very reluctant positional battle in the box, he received an assist from Jules Kounde and turned and fired into the net through Vertonghen's deflection – which was again counted as an own goal (9th in the tournament, leading the scorers' charts).

As a result, the French team still reached the last 8 while maintaining 0 goals in the sports game (●'◡'●)

With England at the bottom of yesterday's performance, the dullness of the game wasn't too painful. And I have to say that France are actually better than England – at least they don't know much about the ball, they really want to attack.

Muani's performance today really gives the impression that perhaps he could be a new hope for France in this tournament: his presence is especially important when Mbappe Griezmann Thuram is completely out of form (especially when the shots are simply too).

Finally, it's time to say goodbye to Tintin - judging from the interviews in the last few days, I can clearly feel his unhappiness and depression. The gap between Belgium and Manchester City is wider than he thought, and perhaps being eliminated is a relief for him.

As for the rest of Belgium, especially Lukacucarrasco and others, I don't think they deserve any "farewell". It can only be said that saying goodbye after a game like today, which is not actually a bad performance, is a more decent result for them.

The luck of the French team is still there, and the form of the central midfield is also recovering. Even when Griezmann and Mbappe are both in the doldrums, I still have faith in them (I seem to be quite persistent) (●'◡'●)

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