After a 15-minute intermission, the two teams returned to the court.
After the start of the second half, Portugal continued to adopt an active offensive strategy against the Swedish team.
This was mainly due to the change caused by the goal near the end of the first half.
Santos certainly does not want the Swedish team to take advantage of the morale boost after the equalizer to launch a counterattack against Portugal and further dampen the morale of the Portuguese players.
That missed goal was really fatal!
Everyone knows how it feels to let your opponent score at this time.
Santos managed to make everyone forget about the goal for the time being in the locker room.
Of course, in this process, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was injured, also played a big role. He gave a passionate speech to cheer everyone up and get into the second half of the game!
At the beginning of the second half, Ronaldo also put on his coat and transformed into the Portuguese team's assistant coach, standing on the sidelines and giving instructions.
His advice to Santos was also to strengthen the offense!
He wants to win!
Cristiano Ronaldo wanted the team to break through Sweden's goal again as early as possible and establish an advantage again than Santos.
As an old rival of Pan Yi, Ronaldo honestly has seen Pan Yi's various tricks too many times, especially when the game time is nearing the end.
If it does not take the lead, the probability of Portugal winning will become lower and lower as time goes by!
But the Swedish team still calmly stood up in a defensive formation after the start, facing Portugal's onslaught.
This caused the situation on the field to look a bit like a replica of the opening stage of the first half, with Portugal attacking and Sweden defending, and there was no decent counterattack.
"Now the situation on the scene has become a bit one-sided. The Swedish team seems to be struggling to support, but their players are still firmly in front of the goal, preventing Portugal from easily facing the goal. This allows Portugal to play There was a chance to score, but it was difficult to score.”
"It can be seen that the Swedish team's defensive strategy is also very targeted. For example, when defending Nani, Sweden's two central defenders will often use their bodies to fight against him, which makes Nani's slightly thin body sometimes Unable to control the ball well and prone to jerking off when shooting."
"When defending Quaresma, Swedish defensive players pay great attention to preventing the use of his signature outside instep, often forcing Quaresma to use his instep to handle the ball, which reduces his accuracy, which means It’s hard to pose a threat.”
"Compared with the first half, the Swedish team's defensive system seems to be more reasonable, and the cooperation between the players is also more tacit. It seems that Portugal will be difficult to find a way to score for a while..."
The commentators can all see the situation on the court, and of course Santos and his assistants standing on the sidelines also know it very well.
If we continue to attack like this inefficiently, the Swedish team's defense will only become stronger and stronger, and Portugal's morale will become more and more depressed. In the end, as long as the Swedish team seizes another opportunity, it is likely that Portugal will be finished.
"We can't continue to attack like this!" Assistant coach Valle said next to Santos, "Otherwise it will be very dangerous!"
In world football, there are countless cases that show that it is meaningless to blast with your eyes closed, but there are many hidden dangers.
There is a very classic game in the World Cup, which was Argentina versus Brazil in the quarter-finals in 1990.
At that time, Brazil easily qualified by winning all three games in the group stage, while Argentina qualified third in the group in a thrilling manner. As soon as the two teams started playing, Argentina was completely suppressed.
The two sides did not seem to be teams of the same level. The Argentine team seemed to have no ability to fight back. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Selecao, their defense wavered several times.
When the building was about to collapse, goalkeeper Goyechea and defender Ruggieri and others persisted. They were all hoping that something unusual would happen and change the situation of being passively beaten.
Until the 81st minute of the game, they waited for something unusual. Of course, this is brought by the football king Maradona.
61,380 spectators witnessed this magical moment at the Alpi Stadium in Turin.
At that time, Maradona was dribbling the ball in the midfield. He first passed Alemão in the center circle, then dribbled the ball to avoid Dunga's tackle, and then used a fake move to break through Rocha who was coming from defense. When two Brazilian players formed a double-team, Maradona fell down and passed the ball to Caniggia, who reversed to the left and was unguarded. After receiving the ball, the Son of the Wind pushed towards Taffarel and scored. .
This pass perfectly reflects Maradona's feet, balance and overall view. It may be the most incredible assist in the history of the World Cup.
In the end, Argentina relied on Caniggia's goal to eliminate Brazil 1:0 and enter the quarterfinals.
The final shooting ratio was Brazil 22:2 Argentina. Brazil shot twice on the lintel and once on the post, but they still lost...
This kind of scene is one-sided, with indiscriminate bombardment but no goal, and finally the opponent succeeds in a counterattack and sneak attack. It is often the dominant side who is too aggressive, blindly eager to attack, and presses the opponent too tightly, causing the opponent to Entered a defensive state.
The more defensive one side is, the better, but the other side will become more and more anxious, just thinking about eating the opponent in one bite, and it is easy to make omissions in one's own defense.
If there are star players on the opposite side, such omissions will be easier for the opponent to catch.
90 Argentina has Maradona, and now Sweden also has Ibrahimovic! So it must not be taken lightly.
Although the Swedish team's goal in the first half was not scored by Ibrahimovic, his assist seemed to have the shadow of Maradona's assist of the century! ——Although it’s not that exciting to watch, at least it’s done with ease, like a general!
The Portuguese team obviously needs to consider how to deal with this situation now.
After hearing Valle's words, Santos also nodded.
Of course he understands.
Once encountering this situation, usually experienced teams will choose to relax their offensive, retreat and let the opponent press out.
There is a saying that is right. If you want to hit your opponent powerfully, you must first retract your fist and then punch it out hard. Only then will it be more powerful. Otherwise, the punch will not hurt the opponent at all.
But he also understands that Pan Yi's team is like a spring. If you let go, he will bounce back.
The Swedish team's defense is definitely not a real bus, but a dynamic balance achieved through the active running of the players.
If the Portuguese team loosens control of the ball, Sweden will immediately show their fangs and bite the Portuguese hard.
Just like the counterattack in the first half, Sweden obviously took advantage of the Portuguese team's loopholes to fight. If they are allowed to fight like this again, the Portuguese team's defense may be broken.
In fact, as far as the current Portuguese back line is concerned, although they are better than the Swedish players in terms of ability, except for Pepe, the others cannot be said to be the best in the world individually.
Moreover, these four people only gradually came together in this cup and became the current starters. There are also some problems in the tacit understanding of cooperation.
Wasn't the Swedish team's goal in the first half just because the defense missed someone?
Santos chose to focus on offense, in fact, to a certain extent, it was also to cover up the fragility of this defense line.
"We can pull the formation back a little, but we must strengthen our counterattack on the spot and don't let our opponents control the ball easily!"
Santos said, then glanced at Ronaldo.
At this time, it is obviously most appropriate to let the spiritual leader of the Portuguese team convey the latest tactical instructions, and Ronaldo is obviously happy to do so.
Cristiano Ronaldo nodded to Santos, and then immediately shouted to the court: "You! Don't press forward in a hurry, let them come over! If you lose the ball, fight back immediately, don't let them carry the ball for more than one second!"
As Real Madrid's top scorer, Ronaldo obviously understands what a team needs most in a counterattack.
Since the Portuguese team is now the main attacker, the defense line is very high and a lot of troops are invested in the attack, so the Swedish frontcourt players are also actively participating in the defense, so as not to cause a numerical disadvantage.
Once the transition from defense to offense occurs, these frontcourt players need time to move forward.
At this time, if the Swedish team succeeds in intercepting the ball in the middle and back, someone needs to dribble the ball forward first. This person is often the midfielder Weinblum or Larsson. This is to give the front trident Manufacturing time.
At this time, if the Portuguese team carries out a quick and high-intensity counterattack against Sweden's midfielder, there is a high probability of grabbing the ball and stifling Sweden's counterattack in the cradle.
After all, it is not easy to control the ball in a high-pressure situation where the opponent is intensively counterattacking on the spot;
If you still want to observe the movement of counterattack players in the frontcourt and pass the ball smoothly, there are too few such players.
It can be said that players who can do this are definitely masters. Maybe De Bruyne and Modric can do it.
But there are few players in the Swedish team's midfield who can really hold the ball.
Physically, Weinblum is very good, but his ball-handling skills are not refined enough, and he easily loses the ball when he is tightly pressed.
Larsson can run very well and advances very quickly, but he also has the same problem and his footwork is relatively average.
Forsberg's ball-handling skills are nothing to say, and he has enough passing vision, but the problem is that his physical confrontation is too weak. Once he is closely marked and impacted, he will soon lose the ball.
Therefore, Santos's strategy still makes sense.
As a result, Sweden's ball speed was immediately affected, which made the Swedish team's counterattack seem very unsmooth.
That's not all.
Since the Swedish team often takes the ball and advances in the midfield, being intercepted here will undoubtedly be a test for Sweden's defense.
Although the Swedish team could quickly retreat to form a five-back defensive system and prevent the Portuguese team from further penetrating into the penalty area, Nani and Quaresma on the front line still got a lot of shooting opportunities.
As the game situation improved, Santos's face became better.
However, he still secretly praised Pan Yi.
The resilience and resilience of this Swedish team is so good!
Considering that their staffing is really average - otherwise they would not be unable to hold the ball as soon as Portugal forced them - it would be even more difficult.
It can be said that Pan Yi is definitely the biggest contributor to this Swedish team's ability to enter the finals and to reach this level.
But when Santos was thoughtful and looked at Pan Yi involuntarily, he found that Pan Yi was as calm as ever, without any panic.
"First stabilize the defense. I don't believe that the Portuguese can always maintain this high-intensity pressure!" This is what Pan Yi just said to Arteta.
On the court, tactical considerations can be said to be all-round and cannot just be thought from one angle.
You use high-intensity pressure to make the Swedish team make mistakes, but you also have to pay a price, which is physical fitness.
If everyone is an iron man, then every team will definitely start running crazily from the first second of the game, because this can effectively create a local situation where more people fight less.
As a result, the average running distance of players will definitely increase sharply, to 15 kilometers, 20 kilometers...
But this is obviously unrealistic. It is as impossible as running a thousand meters at a sprint speed of 100 meters.
Therefore, every pressing tactic has its time limit.
And Pan Yi believes that his disciples can survive this period of time, he has this confidence!
Then, you can enter "Pan Yi time".
He then uses his last trick by substituting people!
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Sure enough, after entering the 70th minute, Pan Yi took the lead in making the first substitution adjustment of the entire game.
He replaced Guidetti with Durmaz!
The latter performed very well in today's game, but because of his active pressing and returning to defense, some physical problems have obviously appeared.
Durmaz's speed and counterattack ability are excellent, and he can adapt to sprinting back and forth to suppress Portugal's wings.
But this is still a relatively unexpected substitution.
After all, Durmaz, a winger with Turkish-Syrian descent, did not play many games in this European Cup and only started in the third group match against Belgium.
Anyone who knows this Olympiacos player knows that this should be due to Durmaz's running ability.
He sometimes appears in the midfield position in club games. Although his defensive ability is average, he wins the favor of the coach through his unremitting running ability.
And he can also play as a winger, which can reduce his weaknesses and give full play to his strengths, allowing him to strengthen the wing defense.
However, Durmaz is more accustomed to playing as a left winger, so Pan Yi moved Isaac to the right, so that Isaac's speed and body can cope with the impact of Guerrero on the Portuguese left.
But on Portugal's side, Santos responded quickly.
He replaced Guerrero with Cancelo!
This is mainly because Guerrero, as Portugal's main attacker, was indeed a little tired after 70 minutes of fighting.
Another very important reason is that the Swedish team's defense on his side is really watertight, and Guerrero's spirit seems to have been smoothed out.
In this case, it is better to replace Cancelo with fresh blood to rush forward.
Although Cancelo is a truly typical offensive and defensive player, he is fast, has excellent foot skills, is very capable of passing people, and has plenty of physical fitness. He is a true defender with a knife, and he can go left or right.
When Portugal is unable to attack for a long time, it should be a good choice to let Cancelo give full play to his characteristics to attack Sweden's defense.
"After 70 minutes, Sweden and Portugal each made a substitution. This can also be seen as another tactical confrontation between the two coaches Pan Yi and Santos."
"Judging from the second half of the game, both coaches have restricted each other's tactics. Under the current circumstances, it is difficult for anyone to easily break the deadlock on the field. Therefore, they now want to make substitutions Let’s change the situation.”
"It's just that it's still difficult for Portugal to break through Sweden's defense. It feels like they lack a fulcrum in front, just like Ibrahimovic did in the Swedish team."
"When Ronaldo is still on the court, his excellent header ability can help the team gain air superiority, which is actually very important for Portugal."
"Once there is a chance for a header in the frontcourt, it can form a bridgehead in the opponent's penalty area. Once this bridgehead can withstand the opponent's defense in the front, the teammates behind can immediately move along both sides of such a fulcrum. Open up quickly, form and then insert the offensive echelon.”
"Obviously, Portugal's Nani and Quaresma on the front line cannot do this. I believe Santos himself knows this very well."
"So when facing the Swedish team's attack, which was like an iron wall, they seemed powerless. Now they even have to worry about the opponent's counterattack. This must make Santos feel helpless."
"Will the Swedish team take advantage of Portugal's long-term inability to attack and start a counterattack? Now that the game is approaching 80 minutes, are we going to have another overtime or even a penalty shootout..."
While the on-site commentator was talking, the fans and everyone in the stands suddenly saw Kjellström leaving the Swedish team's bench and going to the sidelines to warm up.
This immediately caused all the Swedish fans in the stands to burst into uproar.
"The Swedish team is about to make a substitution!" the on-site commentator also shouted in surprise, "We saw Kjellström warming up on the sidelines. Is Pan Yi preparing to replace him on the field?"
This is not only the doubt of the on-site commentator, but also the doubt of everyone.
That is, is it feasible to give Kjellström the task of breaking the deadlock on the court?
The 34-year-old former Arsenal player has long passed the peak of his career, otherwise he would not be playing in the Swiss league now.
At the beginning of this European Cup, although he was used by Pan Yi as the main force, he was replaced after only half of the game and was officially reduced to a substitute later on.
This also shows that his current physical condition can no longer meet Pan Yi's tactical needs that require high-intensity running and defense.
But now, when the European Cup has reached the final and has reached the 80th minute, Pan Yi wants to replace him. What is going on?
If you take into account Durmaz who was replaced just 10 minutes ago...
It’s even more puzzling.
Whether it is Durmaz or Kjellström, both players have played relatively little time before, but Pan Yi wants to replace them both at such a critical moment in the game?
Even the most loyal Swedish fans couldn't help but be confused at this time.
At this time, Pan Yi knew what was going on.
In fact, he didn't want to drag the game into overtime more than Santos, and wanted to end the battle within 90 minutes.
After all, the current Swedish team is not Chelsea. They have not gone through long-term physical training and do not have the physical reserves like Chelsea.
In the case of strict defense, the Swedish team's physical fitness may even be exhausted faster than the Portuguese.
If it really goes into overtime, uncontrollable factors will increase, and in the end it really can only be decided by God, Buddha, or a wizard...
As for coping with the last ten minutes of the game, even the veteran Kjellström is confident enough.
What Pan Yi likes about him is mainly his ability to run without the ball, coupled with his excellent and delicate skills, his ability to pass and control to meet his needs, and his good one-kick ability, which ensures the success of the organized offense. Rate.
Kjellström's career highlights were all spent in Lyon, and in that Lyon team that won consecutive French Ligue 1 titles, he was the real core midfielder!
Moreover, he runs around like a strong loach on the court. He doesn't suffer any loss when he bumps into people. He can still run away after being bumped into, and he won't let the team's defensive ability drop too much in a short period of time.
He also has a special skill of powerful shooting. On the eve of the 2006 World Cup, his powerful shot on the training ground even injured his teammate and the main goalkeeper of the Swedish national team Isaksson, causing the latter to miss the World Cup. a match.
Letting him go up and form a "double bombardment" with Forsberg can also provide a good offensive idea in the current relatively passive situation.
To take a step back, even if a penalty shootout does occur, Kjellström is still a very good penalty kicker...
"After you go up, pay attention to holding the ball, and then always pay attention to the movements of Isaac and Durmaz on both sides, and look for them whenever you have the opportunity..." Pan Yi gave Kjellström's final instructions.
Kjellström's body is not as good as it used to be, but at least his skills are still pretty good for today's Swedish team.
And he has an advantage that other midfielders do not have, that is, as he accumulates experience, he becomes more and more shrewd in his ability to run without the ball and his ability to pass accurately.
Or it can be said that Kjellström has always been a very comprehensive all-around midfielder with outstanding coordination awareness and off-the-ball movement.
Otherwise, how could he be favored by Arsenal, which values technical ability the most? Not kicked out there though.
During a throw-in, the referee blew his whistle to signal a substitution on the sidelines.
No. 9 Kjellstrom came on the field and replaced the main defensive midfielder, No. 16 Wein Bloom! (End of chapter)
